WorldFloraDB - Cymbopogon martini

Characteristics

Perennial from a short woody rootstock. Culms tufted, up to 3 m tall, lower nodes often swollen, mealy. Leaf sheaths glabrous; leaf blades lanceolate, usually glaucous below, dark green above, up to 50 × 2–3 cm, glabrous, base cordate, often amplexicaul, apex filiform; ligule 2–4 mm. Spathate panicle narrow, dense, erect, 20–30 cm; spatheoles green becoming reddish, 2–4 cm; racemes 1.5–2 cm; rachis internodes and pedicels ciliate on margins, back sometimes pubescent; pedicel of homogamous pair swollen, barrel-shaped, shiny, fused to internode at base. Sessile spikelet oblong, 3.5–4.5 mm; lower glume flat, deeply grooved below middle (appearing as a line or keel on inside), keels winged above middle, veinless or 2-veined between keels; upper lemma 2-lobed; awn 1.4–1.8 cm. Pedicelled spikelet 3.5–4 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul–Oct. 2n = 20, 40.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

anemogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

3.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

-

Blooming months

-

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Not known

More

Not known

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	essential oil material medicinal tea wood
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Fever (aerial part), Typhoid fever (flower), Abdominal pain (leaf), Hair loss (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf), Anti-infective agents (leaf), Anti-inflammatory agents (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Antiviral agents (leaf), Bronchitis (leaf), Common cold (leaf), Ear diseases (leaf), Epilepsy (leaf), Fever (leaf), Fractures, bone (leaf), Heart diseases (leaf), Insect repellents (leaf), Joint diseases (leaf), Leprosy (leaf), Low back pain (leaf), Pain (leaf), Pharyngitis (leaf), Skin diseases (leaf), Adulterant (unspecified), Alopecia (unspecified), Arthritis (unspecified), Repellant(Insect) (unspecified), Lumbago (unspecified), Soap (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Bilious (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Heart diseases (unspecified), Hair loss (unspecified), Anorexia (unspecified), Anthelmintics (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Antinematodal agents (unspecified), Antipyretics (unspecified), Antirheumatic agents (unspecified), Appetite stimulants (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Cardiotonic agents (unspecified), Central nervous system depressants (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Common cold (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Epilepsy (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Galactogogues (unspecified), Helminthiasis (unspecified), Hematologic diseases (unspecified), Hypohidrosis (unspecified), Insect repellents (unspecified), Lactation disorders (unspecified), Laryngeal diseases (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Liver diseases (unspecified), Low back pain (unspecified), Neuralgia (unspecified), Pharyngitis (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Urination disorders (unspecified), Anthelmintics (whole plant), Anti-bacterial agents (whole plant), Antifungal agents (whole plant), Antinematodal agents (whole plant), Central nervous system diseases (whole plant), Hypothermia (whole plant), Insecticides (whole plant)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-7
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:396962-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000861043
COL ID	336VS
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Andropogon martini Cymbopogon martini Andropogon pachnodes Andropogon calamus-aromaticus Cymbopogon martinianus Cymbopogon motia Cymbopogon pachnodes Gymnanthelia martini Andropogon schoenanthus var. martini

WorldFloraDB 2024

Cymbopogon martini (Roxb.) Will.Watson

Rosha grass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Cymbopogon