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Cymbopogon marginatus Stapf ex Burtt Davy

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Cymbopogon

Characteristics

Densely tufted perennial 300-800 mm high; leaves mainly basal; lowest node of old culms clothed by leaf sheaths. Leaf blade 150-350 x 2-5 mm, usually flat, parallel-sided at base; ligule an unfringed membrane. Inflorescence conspicuously hairy; raceme internode and pedicels sparsely to densely hairy on both margins and back, deflexed; raceme lowest internode and pedicel not swollen at base. Sessile spikelet 5.0-6.5(7.0) mm long; lower glume broadly winged above, shallowly concave on lower part, flat towards apex, 2(-3)-nerved, nerves visible in upper part; awn 15 mm long. Pedicellate spikelet (4.8)5.0-7.0 mm long.
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Aromatic perennial, up to 1.8 m tall. Leaves linear, 3-6 mm wide; ligule an unfringed membrane. Inflorescence a complex leafy panicle, racemes paired, short, (10-)15-20(-28) mm long, rhachis and pedicels densely covered with long hairs; spikelets paired in a sessile and pedicellate combination of dissimilar spikelets. Sessile spikelet 5-6.5 mm long, lower glume winged; lemma awn 15 mm long, glabrous.
Aromatic perennial to 80 cm. Leaves linear, 3-6 mm wide. Spikelets in paired racemes clustered in leafy spathes, rachis and pedicels long-hairy, spikelets 5-6.5 mm long, lower glume of sessile spikelet winged.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.05 - 1.3
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Environment

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Soil texture 7-8
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Cymbopogon marginatus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:396960-1
WFO ID wfo-0000861041
COL ID 336VR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Andropogon marginatus Cymbopogon marginatus Andropogon nardus var. marginatus Andropogon nardus subsp. marginatus
WorldFloraDB 2024