Cymbopogon citratus is commonly known as lemon grass or oil grass. It is an edible plant from Southeast Asia used in a wide variety of Asian dishes.
* Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosmary) repels snakes but more importantly insects that attract the snakes. * Cymbopogon citrates(Lemongrass) repels snakes * Marigolds (Tagetes) repel snakes and mosquitoes * Tulbaghia violacea (Wild garlic) repels snakes - it is planted by the Zulus around their homes.
Cymbopogon ciatrus
cymbopogon
the botanical name for lemongrass is cymbopogon citratus
Cymbopogon citratus
The lemongrass belongs to the Plantae kingdom, Magnoliophyta phylum, Liliopsida class, Poales order, Poaceae family, Cymbopogon genus, and Cymbopogon citratus species.
Cymbopogon ciatrus is the scientific name for lemon grass.
Oil of Cymbopogon, Lemon-grass oil
Cymbopogon ciatrus is the binomial name for lemon grass.
Citronella has wider leaf blades and red pseudostem and common species for essential oil extraction is Cymbopogon nardus. Cymbopogon citratus, which has a sleeker leaf blade and green pseudostem, is lemongrass. Lemongrass is more for cooking, citronella is more for aromatherapy.
Name of lemon plant is Citruus lemonica .
No, citronella oil is extracted from Citronella grass(Cymbopogon nordus , Cymbopogon winterianus etc.) Lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus ,Cymbopogon flexuosus etc.) gives lemon grass oil. Both the types of plants are very much similar. Lemon grass is about 1 m tall while the other is about 2 m. The Pseudo stem of lemon grass is green while the other's is red. Both the types of the oils are almost same in utility. However lemon grass is widely used in food preparation. The smell of the both are different.