275 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Liliopsida - Monocotyledons

► Subclass Commelinidae

► Order Cyperales

► Family Poaceae [= Gramineae] - Grass family

► Subfamily Panicoideae

► Tribe Andropogoneae

► Genus Cymbopogon Spreng. - Lemon grass

Synonyms

≡ Andropogon citratus (basinom) DC.

Common names

Citronella grass (English)

Cymbopogon (English)

Lemongrass (English)

Oil grass (English)

West Indian lemon grass (English)

Citronnelle (French)

Herbe citron (French)

Verveine des Indes (French)

 

Citroengras (Dutch)

Lemongras (German)

Zitronengras (German)

Erva-cidreira (Portuguese)

Лимонное сорго (Russian)

Челнобородник (Russian)

Malojillo (Spanish)

Pasto limón (Spanish)

Zacate limón (Spanish)

Zacate-dete (Spanish)

Citrongräs (Swedish)

 

Gandhatrn (India (Hindi))

Khawi (India (Hindi))

Sugandh (India (Hindi))

Bhutika (India (Sanskrit))

Karenduka (India (Sanskrit))

Karppurappul (India (Tamil))

Vasanapulla (India (Tamil))

Pirhe ghāns (Nepalese)

Sera (Sinhalese)

 

Sereh (Indonesia (Malay))

Sereh makan (Indonesia (Malay))

Serai (Malay)

Serai makan (Malay)

Tanglad (Tagalog (Malay))

Ta khrai (Thai)

Sà (Vietnamese)

 

Ning meng cao (Chinese)

Xiang mao (Chinese)

Xiang mao cao (Chinese)

Remon gurasu (Japanese)

Remonsou (Japanese)

 

Limonaria (Argentina (Spanish))

Pasto cedrón (Argentina (Spanish))

Pasto-limón (Argentina (Spanish))

Cana-cidreira (Brazil (Portuguese))

Cana-limão (Brazil (Portuguese))

Capim-cidró (Brazil (Portuguese))

Capim-santo (Brazil (Portuguese))

Patchuli-falso (Brazil (Portuguese))

Zacate-limón (El Salvador (Spanish))

Te de limon (Honduras (Spanish))

Description

Tall multi-branched inflorescence bearing clusters of dense greenish purple brushlike spikelets. An aromatic oil-yielding grass.