Images and Information of Cymbopogon citratus

BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - ASTANGA HRIDAYA KOSHA
Author - ANONYMOUS
Title - INDIAN MATERIA MEDICA, FIRST EDITION 1908, 3RD EDITION 1954
Author - LATE DR.K.M.NADKARNI & A.K.NADKARNI
Title - INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS Vol 1 -4
Author - K.R. KIRTIKAR, B.D. BASU & AN I.C.S.
Title - INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS VOLUME .VOL 1-5
Author - WARRIER,P.K. et al (EDS.)
Title - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA
Title - THE AYURVEDIC FORMULARY OF INDIA PART 1. FIRST EDITION
Author - Ministry of Health & family Welfare

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - FLORA OF ASSAM

Distribution

Occasionally cultivated

Title - FLORA OF ASSAM

Author - KANJILAL & BOR

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 3

Distribution

Reported from desertic zones. Rare, forms tufts in grasslands

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 3

Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh

Botanical Name -

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) STAPF.

Family -

POACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Folk

Botanical Synonyms (1) -

Andropogon citratus DC.

Vernacular names -

Total 99 Vernacular names found in 9 languages.

English (3) - lemon grass, malabar oil, serai

Hindi (9) - aghyaghas, aginghas, gandhatrana, gandhatranan, gandhatrina, gandhatrn, haree-chaha, rohisha, sugandh

Kannada (10) - chaa hullu, gavare chacha, gouthi hullu, majjige hullu, majjige-hullu, majjige-hulu, majjigehullu, nimbe hullu, purhalihulla, purhalihullu

Malayalam (7) - cennanampullu, chayapul, incippullu, shambharapulla, vasanappula, vasanappullu, vasanapullu

Marathi (6) - gamjan, gavathichahaa, hirvacha, oil-cha, olancha, patichi cha

Sanskrit (26) -

Sanskrit Comments

abichhatraka, atigandha, badhira, badhiradhvanibodhana, bhustmah, bhustrina, bhutika, bhutina, chhatra, dhyamakam, gochhalaka sugandha, guchhala, guhyabija, gundardha, jambiratrna, jambukapriya, karenduka, kutimbaka, malatrinaka, punsvavighraha, putigandha, rohisha, samalambi, shringaroha, takratrani, usiram

Tamil (30) - camparap-pal, camparappul, cukkunarippul 2, curumam, elumiccam pul, kantaketam, karpoora pul, karpoorpul, karppurappul, karpura pillu, karpura pullu, karpurap-pul, karpurappillu, karpurappul, karuppurappul, kavattampul 2, kuyyapicam, kuyyapitam, potaippul 1, tailappul, vacanai-p-pul, vacanaippul, vacanaippul 1, vasana pullu, vasanai pullu, vasanaipullu, vasanapillu, vasanappillu, vasanapulla, vashanup-pulla

Telugu (7) - chippa gaddi, chippagaddi, nimma gaddi, nimmagaddi, vaasana gaddi, vasana gaddi, vasanagaddi

Urdu (1) - izkhar makki