Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf [Poaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abichhatraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
abíruaü	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
aghyaghas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aginghas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ahihia tii	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
akar restu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
aping	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
atigandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badhira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badhiradhvanibodhana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balioko	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bhustmah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhustrina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhutika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhutina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhutrina	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bhutīka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bhuutika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bhuutikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bhūtṛṇaḥ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
camparap-pal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camparappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cana-cidreira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. Used for Weight Loss, Brazil (Cercato et al., 2015)
cana-limão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
capim cidró	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
capim limão	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
capim santo	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
capim-cidreira	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
capim-cidró	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
capim-de-cheiro	Other	Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
capim-limão	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. Med. e Relig. em Mercados no RJ, Brasil (de Azevedo & Silva, 2006)
capim-santo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
capím-cidreira	Other	Med. Pl. Used for Weight Loss, Brazil (Cercato et al., 2015)
ce kala	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
cedrón	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cennanampullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cha khrai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chaa hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chae-kashmiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaekashmiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chakai	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
chayapul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chennanampullu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
chhatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chippa gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chippa-gadda	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chippagaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cidreiras	Other	Amostras Comerciais de Chás de Pl. Med. (Brandão et al., 2002)
citroengras	Other	Med. Pl. Use by Surinamese in Amsterdam (van Andel et al., 2007)
citronela	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
citronella	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
citronella grass	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
citronelle	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
citronera	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
citrongräs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
citronnelle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
curumam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cymbopoginis citrati aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
cymbopoginis citrati herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
cymbopogon citratus whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
cymbopogonis citrati aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cymbopogonis citrati herba	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cymbopogonis foliae	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
dhyamakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dà fēng máo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dà fēng yá	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
elumiccam pul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eri makoe	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
erva-cidreira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
ewe tea	Other	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
fever grass	Other	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
fever herb	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
fever-grass	Other	Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992)
fēng máo cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gamjan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganda-bina-ka-tel	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
gandha-benar-tel	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
gandhabenaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gandhatrana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhatranan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhatrina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhatrn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhatrun	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gavare chacha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gavathichahaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ginger grass	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
gochhalaka sugandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gouthi hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
greenium grass	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
guchhala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guhyabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guhyabīja	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gundardha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haree-chaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harichaaya	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
hazar-masaleh	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
herbe citron	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
herbe-citron	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hhashel laymum	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
hierba luisa	Other	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005) Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
hierbaluisa	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
hiravacha-tel	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
hirvaa chahaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
hirvacha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hoe moeke	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
incippullu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
izkhar makki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambiratrna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambukapriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambīratṛṇaḥ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
jiāng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kantaketam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karenduka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpoora pul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpoorpul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karppurappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpura pillu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpura pullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpurap-pul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpurappillu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpurappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuppurappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattrna	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kattṛṇa (whole plant)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
keropong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
khrai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
koko oba	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kooko-oba	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
koriko oyibo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kutimbaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuyyapicam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuyyapitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laoe wasiro	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
lemon grass	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
lemon-grass	Other	Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992)
lemongras	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
lemongrass	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lemongrass (d'amérique centrale)	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
lemongrass, west indian	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
lilichaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
limonaria	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
limoncillo	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
limonotu	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
majjigahullu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
majjige hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
majjige-hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
majjige-hulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
majjigehullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malabar oil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malatrinaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malojillo	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
máo cǎo chá	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nche awuta	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
nimbe hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nimma gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nimmagaddi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
níng méng máo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
oil of lemon grass	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
oil of lemongrass	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
oil-cha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ol.gram.citrat.	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
olaa chahaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
olancha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oluem graminis citrati	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
paatichahaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
paja luisa	Other	Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
pasto limón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
patchuli-falso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
patichi cha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pokok serai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
punsvavighraha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purhali hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purhalihulla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purhalihullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putigandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rohisha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sabalin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sagádi	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
salai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
salimbata	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
samalambi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sambaara hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarai	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009)
sarewangi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
semiai	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009)
sera	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
serai	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
serai betul	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
serai makan	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sere	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sere grass	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
sere mangat bi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
sereh	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sereh betul	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sereh makan	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sereh sayur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shambharapulla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sharbaan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
shinpite'	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
shringaroha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
si khai kheuang	Other	Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
sinda	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
sinda dimputu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
soet-kroei	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sontol	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sorai	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009)
strong grasi	Other	Med. Pl. Use by Surinamese in Amsterdam (van Andel et al., 2007)
sugandh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sả	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
tailappul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
takrai	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
takratrani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanglad	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tapisa-pisa	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
tchama	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
tchaman	Other	Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt., S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
ti-ahaban	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
ti-ba	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
tighe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
timan	Other	Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt., S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
tisane	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
tiwahiwa	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
té limon	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
té limón	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009)
usiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaasana gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacanai-p-pul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacanaippul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasana gaddi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasana pullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasanagaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasanai pullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasanaipillu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vasanaipullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasanapillu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasanappillu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasanappula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasanappullu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasanapulla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasanapullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vashanap-pullu	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
vashanup-pulla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
veromanitra	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
verveine des indes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
west indian	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
west indian lemongrass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
westindisches lemongrasöl	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
westindisches zitron	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
westindisches zitronengras	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
wine-baing	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
xiang mao	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
xiāng máo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiāng máo cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiāng máo gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yerba luisa	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
zacate de limon	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
zacate dete	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
zacate limon	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
zacate limón	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
zitronengras	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
සේර	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
‫حشيشه الليمون‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
大風茅	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大风芽	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
柠檬茅	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
檸檬茅	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
茅草茶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薑草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
风茅草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
香茅	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
香茅根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
香茅花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
香茅草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Leaf		Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
Leaves, root		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
Herb	Essential oil, Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Leaves, Rhizome		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
Whole plant, stem		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
aerial parts		Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
leaf		Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
leaves		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
leaves	dry leaves	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009)
Plant without root		Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
leaf, aerial part		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
leaves		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
leaves	essential oil, oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf, whole plant		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
leaves		Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
leaves, roots, rhizomes	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
aerial part		Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt., S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
leaves	dry leaves, fresh leaves	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
	essential oils	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
leaves		Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
leaves, stems		Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
leaves		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024)
leaves		Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992)
leaves		Med. Pl. Used for Weight Loss, Brazil (Cercato et al., 2015)
leaf		Med. Pl. Use by Surinamese in Amsterdam (van Andel et al., 2007)
herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
folhas	óleo	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
whole plant		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Whole plant		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
whole plant	whole plant	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
leaf	fresh or dried leaves	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
leaf, root		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf, root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
whole aerial part (leaves)	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Root, Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
leaf	drief leaves	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
stem		Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Andropogon citratus DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 78 (1813).
Andropogon cerifer Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 281 (1883).
Andropogon citriodorus Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2: 15 (1815), nom. nud.
Andropogon nardus subsp. cerifer (Hack.) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 605 (1889).
Andropogon roxburghii Nees ex Wight & Arn. in R.Wight, Cat. Ind. Pl.: 100 (1834).
Cymbopogon nardus subvar. citratus (DC.) Roberty Boissiera 9: 174 (1960).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Andropogon citratus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Andropogon citratus D.C.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Andropogon citratus DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Andropogon citratus DC. ex Nees	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Cymbopognon citratus (DC.) Stapf	Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt., S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
Cymbopogon citrarus Stapf.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cymbopogon citrates	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
Cymbopogon citrates (DC.) Stapf	Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
Cymbopogon citratus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) ISO Catalogue (2009) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Med. Pl. Use by Surinamese in Amsterdam (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021) Trad. Med. of Bantu, Beni & Lubero (Kasika et al., 2014) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Cymbopogon citratus (D.C.) Stapf	Amostras Comerciais de Chás de Pl. Med. (Brandão et al., 2002)
Cymbopogon citratus (D.C.) Stapf.	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014)
Cymbopogon citratus (DC. ex Nees) Stapf	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Staff.	Pl. Med. e Relig. em Mercados no RJ, Brasil (de Azevedo & Silva, 2006)
Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used for Weight Loss, Brazil (Cercato et al., 2015) Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf.	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Staph	Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
Cymbopogon citratus (Dc. Ex Nees) Stapf	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cymbopogon citratus (Dc. ex Nees) Stapf	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
Cymbopogon citratus (Nees) Stapf	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Cymbopogon citratus (Nees). Stapf.	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
Cymbopogon citratus STAPF.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Cymbopogon citratus Springs.	Ethnobot. of Swat Valley, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2018)
Cymbopogon citratus Stapf	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cymbopogon citratus Stapf.	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
Cymbopogon citratus(DC)Stapf	Trad. Med. of Bantu, Beni & Lubero (Kasika et al., 2014)
Cymbopon citratus (D C.) Stapf	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cympobogon citratus	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cympobogon citratus Stapf	Pl. Méd. de Douala, Cameroun (Dibong et al., 2011)

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