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Accession Data:

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf

  • Common Name: West Indian Lemon Grass
  • Family: Poaceae Barnh.

  • Country of Origin: S. India, Sri Lanka

  • USDA Zone: 10-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201700064
  • Source: Logees Greenhouse
  • Accession Date: 08-08-2017
  • Bench: 1213 - AUS:West Bench NC
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 12-31-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Poales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Poaceae
  • SubFamily: Panicoideae
  • Tribe: Andropogoneae
  • SubTribe: Andropogoninae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

References (internal):

  • Medicinal Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: India / Sri Lanka /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 08, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 08, 2017.
  3. Cymbopogon citratus at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 08, 2017.
  4. Cymbopogon citratus at Logee's Greenhouses. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 08, 2017.
  5. Cymbopogon citratus at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 08, 2017.
  6. Cymbopogon citratus at Floridata. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 08, 2017.
  7. Image #00 (cropped) and #01 (original) by Hakcipta Yosri via Wikimedia under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

data regenerated on Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:30:04 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Cymbopogon citratus

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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