| About Plant | Cymbopogon flexuosus (Family: Poaceae) is native to India, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.This grass grows upto 2m tall from short woddy rhizome. |
| Plant Variety | Nima |
| Major Constituents of Variety | Citral 89% |
| Essential Oil | Cymbopogon flexuosus Nima essential oil |
| MS Graph of Essential Oil |  |
| Compounds in essential Oil | Citral, Geranyl acetate, Linalool, Geranial |
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| Compound Property | N/A |
| Contributor | (1). RK Lal, HO Misra, JR Sharma, N Singh, AK Shasany, AA Naqvi,JR Bahl, A Prasad & SPS Khanuja; (2). B.R. Rajeswara Rao. Biological Activities and Medicinal Uses of the Essential Oil of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus, C. citratus, C. pendulus, C. species).In book: Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants: Essential Oils I; Volume 36, Edition: 1, Chapter: 10, Publisher: Studium Press LLC, Houston, USA, Editors: J.N. Govil, S. Bhattacharya, pp.213-257 |
| Year of Release | 2003 |
| Reference | Citral rich and high yielding lemongrass variety ’Nima’ released for commercialization. CIMAP Newsletter (2003) 1:4. |