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Lemon Grass
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Grasses & bamboos

Lemon Grass

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf

strungrasi Sranan Tongocitroengras Surinamese Dutch
Introduced by people

Names

EnglishLemon Grass
DutchCitroengras
SpanishLimonaria
Chinese香茅草
Sranan Tongostrungrasi
Surinamese Dutchcitroengras
Scientific nameCymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf

About this species

Cymbopogon citratus, commonly known as West Indian lemon grass or simply lemon grass, is a tropical plant native to South Asia and Maritime Southeast Asia and introduced to many tropical regions.

Cymbopogon citratus is often sold in stem form. While it can be grown in warmer temperate regions, it is not hardy to frost.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusCymbopogon

In Suriname

6Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
1884First record
2022Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo1
  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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