Cymbopogon nardus var. nardus (L.) Rendle

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Andropogon nardus L.; Cymbopogon nardus var. confertiflorus (Steud.) Bor; Cymbopogon nardus var. luridus (Hook.f.) N.Rama Rao
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle
  • Common name : Ceylon citronella, Citronella grass, Nardus, Nard grass, Lemon grass, Mana grass
  • Vernacular name :
    • Gavatichaha (Marathi)
    • Chorapullu, Kamakshi-pullu, Vattupullu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated for aromatic oil
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Rampa Hills (East Godavari district), Araku valley (Vishakapatnam district), Pecheruvu (Kurnool district)
    • Kerala : Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Kollam district
    • Maharashtra : Nagpur district
    • Odisha : Introduced in the AM garden, RRL, Bhubaneswar
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Free State, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietna
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Angola, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Free State, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3.
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 280
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cymbopogon nardus var. nardus. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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