Camel grass

Camel grass
	Camel grass
Systematics
Order :	Sweet grass (Poales)
Family :	Sweet grasses (Poaceae)
Subfamily :	Panicoideae
Tribe :	Andropogoneae
Genre :	Lemongrass ( Cymbopogon )
Type :	Camel grass
Scientific name
	Cymbopogon schoenanthus
	( L. ) Explos.

The camel grass ( Cymbopogon schoenanthus ) is a plant species from the genus lemon grass ( Cymbopogon ) within the sweet grass family (Poaceae).

description

Vegetative characteristics

The camel grass grows as a perennial herbaceous plant and reaches heights of 30 to 120 centimeters.

Generative characteristics

The golden yellow inflorescence is 5 to 40 centimeters long.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 20.

Camel grass ( Cymbopogon schoenanthus ), illustration

Occurrence

The camel grass occurs in North Africa , Somalia , Ethiopia , Sudan , Kenya , on the Arabian Peninsula , the Persian Highlands and the Punjab .

Systematics

One can distinguish between two subspecies :

Cymbopogon schoenanthus subsp. proximus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Maire & Weiller : It occurs from the Sahara and the Sahel zone to Kenya and the Sinai Peninsula.
Cymbopogon schoenanthus subsp. schoenanthus : It occurs from the Sahara and the Sahel zone to Iran.

use

An essential oil , the so-called camel grass oil , is extracted from the camel grass . It is therefore also grown as a useful crop. The oil is used as a fragrance and as an invigorating substance . The extract from camel grass is considered to soothe and relieve itching .

Plant diseases

The camel grass is attacked by the rust fungi Uromyces schoenanthi and Puccinia schoenanthi .

Common names

For Cymbopogon schoenanthus the other common German names exist in addition to camel grass : Fragrant rush, Cameleshov, Cameleshöuwe, Canadian hay, camel hay, camel straw, squinant and rusagras.

Web links

Commons : Camelgrass ( Cymbopogon schoenanthus ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

WD Clayton, M. Vorontsova, KT Harman, H. Williamson: GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora of the Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data sheet Cymbopogon schoenanthus . (English)

Individual evidence

^ Tropicos. [1]
↑ ^a ^b ^c Renate Germer: Handbook of ancient Egyptian medicinal plants , Otto Harrassowitz Verlag 2008, ISBN 9783447056328 , page 245
^ Herman Hager: Hager's Handbook of Pharmaceutical Practice: For pharmacists, drug manufacturers, druggists, doctors and medical officials. First volume, Springer Verlag 2013, ISBN 9783642497575 , page 1157
↑ ^a ^b ^c Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Cymbopogon schoenanthus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 9, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b Marina Bährle-Rapp: Springer Lexicon Cosmetics and Body Care , Springer-Verlag 2012, ISBN 9783642246883 , page 143
^ Georg August Pritzel , Carl Jessen : The German folk names of plants. New contribution to the German linguistic treasure. Philipp Cohen, Hannover 1882, p. 124 ( online ).

[Tropicos-1] Tropicos. [1]

[Germer245-2] Renate Germer: Handbook of ancient Egyptian medicinal plants , Otto Harrassowitz Verlag 2008, ISBN 9783447056328 , page 245

[Hager1157-3] Herman Hager: Hager's Handbook of Pharmaceutical Practice: For pharmacists, drug manufacturers, druggists, doctors and medical officials. First volume, Springer Verlag 2013, ISBN 9783642497575 , page 1157

[WCSP-4] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Cymbopogon schoenanthus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 9, 2018.

[Bährle-Rapp2012-5] Marina Bährle-Rapp: Springer Lexicon Cosmetics and Body Care , Springer-Verlag 2012, ISBN 9783642246883 , page 143

[Pritzel1882-6] Georg August Pritzel , Carl Jessen : The German folk names of plants. New contribution to the German linguistic treasure. Philipp Cohen, Hannover 1882, p. 124 ( online ).