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Cymbopogon
Botanical details
- Family
- Poaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Cymbopogon
- Genus description
Cymbopogon are sturdy, aromatic, tufted, evergreen, perennial grasses with linear to lance-shaped, mid- to bluish-green leaves and many-branched flower sprays. They contain essential oils that have medicinal, culinary and cosmetic uses
- Name status
Correct
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