- 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.
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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India Distribution
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