(from the article `oil grass`) Lemon-oil grass or sweet rush (Cymbopogon citratus) contains citral, obtained by steam distillation of the leaves and used in scented cosmetics, food ...
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(Cymbopogon) C. citratus is a tender, ornamental grass that has a fragrance resembling the scent of lemons. It grows in clumps from 4 to 6 feet high and has slender leaves and grass-like flowers in terminal spikes or racemes. Lemongrass belongs to the Grass family, Gramineae and is native of India. The related C. nardus is the source of citronella,...
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