Summary
Place of publication:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906:357. 1906
Verified:
02/08/2006
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
lemongrass – West Indian lemongrass – French
citronelle – citronnelle – herbe citron – lemongrass – verveine des Indes – German
Lemongras – westindisches Zitronengras – Zitronengras – Portuguese
erva-cidreira – Portuguese (Brazil)
cana-cidreira – cana-limão – capim-cidró – capim-santo – patchuli-falso – Spanish
pasto limón – zacate dete – zacate limón – Spanish (Costa Rica)
sontol – Spanish (Peru)
yerba luisa – Swedish
citrongräs –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hubei | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Zhejiang | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | St. Croix | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | St. Thomas | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Belize | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Mesoamerica | El Salvador | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
6 | Other | | | | | |
Cultivated
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Morocco
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Yunnan, Zhejiang]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
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WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (U.S.) [St. Thomas, St. Croix]
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Naturalized
Southern America
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile
Other
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Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | | Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 19:95-98. |
Materials | essential oils | | Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 19:95-98. |
Materials | lipids | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Weed | | | Randall, R. P. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. 2007 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12797.
Accessed 6 October 2024.