Common Name : Lemon Grass
Other Name : Bhutika, West Indian Lemon Grass.
Botanical Name : Cymbopogon Citratus (dc.) Stapf.
Plant Family : Poaceae
Synonyms : Andropogon Citratus
Dc.part Used : Dried Whole Leaf.
Overview : Cultivated As A Culinary Herb And For Medicinal Use.
The essential oil of lemon grass (0.2 to 0.5%) consists mainly of citral. The herb also contains cymbopogone, cymbopogonol myrcene, nerol, limonene, linalool and beta-caryophyllene.