Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf

• Authority

  Hitchcock, Albert S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-xx, 291-556.

• Family

  Poaceae

• Scientific Name

  Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf

• Description

  Description - [See notes in Discussion section.]

• Discussion

  Stapf, the lemon grass, is occasionally cultivated in tropical America. It is a robust aromatic perennial with a large compound inflorescence of small awnless or obscurely awned racemes. The essential oil is used in perfumery. A native of Asia. American specimens are all sterile. Santa Ana, Peru, Cook & Gilbert 1529 (called " yerba Luisa").