Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Cymbopogon schoenanthus
Scientific Name and Description
Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Spreng.
Herb Family
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Andropogon schoenanthus L.
Cymbopogon citriodorus Link, nom. superfl.
Sorghum schoenanthus (L.) Kuntze
Trachypogon schoenanthus (L.) Nees
Cymbopogon citriodorus Link, nom. superfl.
Sorghum schoenanthus (L.) Kuntze
Trachypogon schoenanthus (L.) Nees
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common Names | camel grass,camel's hay, straw of Mecca, fever grass, geranium grass, West Indian lemon grass, |
| English | canal grass |
| Hindi | bujina, buraro, mirchiagand, musel, palakhari, rohisha, rousaghas, rusaghas, saundhiya, sugani |
| Kannada | geranium hullu, vasanchullu |
| Marathi | rohisha, rosegavat, rosegavath, rushagavat, rushagavath |
| Sanskrit | bhustrna, bhuti, bhutika, devajagdha, devjagdam, dhupagandhika, dhyama, dhyamaka, gandhatrna, katrina, katrna, katrnam, kattrnam, kutrnam, paura, putimugdala, rohisa, rohisam, rohisha, rohishatrina, saugandhika, shyamaka, sugandhatrinashita, sushitala |
| Tamil | camparappul, cukkunarippul , curumam, kamatcippul , kantaketam, karpurappul, karuppurappul, kavattampul , kuyyapicam, kuyyapitam, potaippul , tailappul, vacanaippul |
| Urdu | azkhar maki |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
References
Literature
Literature
HAMDARD PHARMACOPOEIA OF EASTERN MEDICINE Author - HAKIM MOHAMED SAID
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2 Author - G.L.Shah
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Cymbopogon schoenanthus. (2024, June 23). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbopogon_schoenanthus