What is lemon grass?

Lemonella Grass, Cumbopogon Nardus is a tropical clustering grass best known for its intense citrus aroma. It is a close relative of culinary lemon grass with similar long, narrow leaves and stems similar to cane. Other common names include blue grass lemon, Narda and Mana grass. Lemonella grass came in Southeast Asia, but is now grown intentionally or naturalized for most of the tropics. It is commercially grown in many areas for extraction of its aromatic oil and is also planted as a garden or landscape ornamental in warm climate.

The recommended setting for Lemonella grass is at least average fertility in full sun -drained soil. It is a perennial from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Planting Zone 10 south through the tropics. Lemonella grass can also be grown as an annual grass, where the growing season is sufficiently warm and long enough. As it grows, the grass is a cluster often as wide as yourWell, it can reach 5 to 6 feet (1.5 to 1.8 m) under optimal cultivation conditions. Lemonella grass usually requires at least 30 inches (76 cm) water per year to be successful.

This plant is usually best placed where you can enjoy the intense fragrance of the leaves. Lemonella oil is considered to be a natural repellent insect in a sufficiently high concentration and grass is sometimes described as a grass -repellent mosquito. However, most experts agree that the concentration of fragrance near live grass is not enough to influence insects.

grass is commercially grown as a source of aromatic oil in many tropical areas, including India, Indonesia and Central America. It was originally used as a repellent mosquito and some of the products repelling insects lemonella are still produced. However, most insect repellent markets have been lost by more efficient synthetic products. Current use of a lift is mostly like a scent for cheapCleaning agents, including detergents and sprays.

Lemonella grass has naturalized in many places that have suitable year -round temperatures and sufficient precipitation to maintain growth. It spreads the most in pastures and open forests. In parts of tropical Africa it is considered to be weeds on pastures and requires considerable effort to control it. The inspection is complicated by the practice of burning fields for suppression of weeds. Studies show that Lemonella's grass is easy to recover from annual combustion and easily spread by seed to areas previously covered by other plants.