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Cymbopogon densiflorus Stapf

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Cymbopogon

Characteristics

Tufted perennial, the basal sheaths soon falling away; culms stout, 1–2 m. high.. Leaf-blades broadly linear to narrowly lanceolate, 25–45 cm. long, 8–30 mm. wide, smooth, rounded to cordate at the base; ligule 1–2 mm. long.. False panicle globose to obovate, 6–20 cm. long, very dense; racemes 8–15 mm. long, the lowermost internode and pedicel connate in their lower half but not swollen.. Sessile spikelet narrowly elliptic, 3–4 mm. long; lower glume membranous, narrowly winged, flat on the back with a shallow median groove towards the base, without oil streaks and intercarinal nerves or these obscure and confined to the tip; upper lemma entire, the awn 3.5–8 mm. long, fine, without a column.. Pedicelled spikelet narrowly lanceolate, 2–3 mm. long, with clear closely spaced nerves.
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Sessile spikelet 3–4 mm long, glabrous; inferior glume with an often shallow V-shaped median groove, narrowly winged on the keels; superior lemma inconspicuous, entire; awn delicate, 3.5–5 mm long, without a column; anthers 1–1.5 mm long, purple.
A tufted grass. It grows 1.8 m tall. The leaves are rounded at the base. The leaves are 30 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. The flower panicle is dense and 15-20 cm long by 10 cm wide.
Leaves smooth; ligule 2.5–3.5 mm long, erose; laminas 30–40 cm × 8–35 mm, tapering to a fine point at the apex.
Racemes 10–14 mm long; internodes and pedicels pilose with silvery-white hairs.
Inflorescence a dense subovoid to globose head 5–19(30) cm long, greenish.
Robust, caespitose perennial; culms up to 220 cm high.
Pedicelled spikelet male, 2–3 mm long, awnless.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 1.65 - 1.9
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Environment

Open spaces along roadsides, wooded grassland.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The flower heads are used to flavour tea or coffee and as a condiment with meat.
Uses coffee substitute environmental use material medicinal oil social use tea
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Cultivation

It can be grown from seed or cuttings of the base.
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Distribution

Cymbopogon densiflorus world distribution map, present in Angola, Brazil, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Mozambique, Tanzania, United Republic of, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:396907-1
WFO ID wfo-0000860972
COL ID 6BV6M
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Synonyms

Cymbopogon stypticus Andropogon densiflorus Cymbopogon densiflorus Andropogon stypticus Andropogon schoenanthus subsp. densiflorus Andropogon schoenanthus var. densiflorus Cymbopogon giganteus var. densiflorus Cymbopogon schoenanthus var. densiflorus Cymbopogon schoenanthus var. stypticus
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