| 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 | Chirharit |
| Major Constituents of Variety | Citral |
| Essential Oil | Cymbopogon flexuosus Chirharit essential oil |
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| Compounds in essential Oil | Citral, Geranyl acetate, Linalool, Geranial |
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| Contributor | (1). NK Patra, S Kumar, SPS Khanuja, AK Shasany, MP Darokar, A Kalra, P Ram, HB Singh,HP Singh, VR Singh, B Kumar, H Tanveer, N Mengi, OK Rajput, MS Negi, NK Tyagi,VP Singh, JP Singh & AA Naqvi; (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, |
| Year of Release | 2001 |
| Reference | Chirharit —a high yielding lemongrass variety with frost resistance, stay-green habit and new chromosomal ploidy status. J. Med. Arom. Pl. Sci. (2001) 23: 137-140. |