Poaceae
Khas
Chrysopogon zizanioides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Chrysopogon
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Common names
By language (55)
- ace
- Ganti
- Arabic
- نجيل الهند
- arz
- نجيل الهند
- Assamese
- বিৰিণা
- azb
- وتیور اوتو
- ban
- Padang sanur
- Belarusian
- Ветыверыя
- Bulgarian
- Ветивер, Индийски троскот
- Burmese
- ဗာတီဗာမြက်
- Catalan
- Vetiver
- Chinese
- 香根草, 培地茅, 岩蘭草, 岩兰草
- Czech
- Vetiverie ovsuchovitá, Vousatka draslavá, Zlatovous draslavý
- Dutch
- Vetiver
- English
- Khas, Khuskhus, Sandalwood fan, Sevendra, Vetiver
- Estonian
- Lõhnav puuritshein, Lõhnav vetiveeria
- Finnish
- Vetiveriaheinä
- Georgian
- Ვეტივერია
- German
- Vetiver, Vetiver-Öl, Vetiveröl, Vetyver
- Greek
- Χρυσόπωγων ο ζιζανιοειδής
- Haitian Creole
- Vetivè
- Hebrew
- וטיבר
- hif
- Gadraa
- Hindi
- खसखस
- Hungarian
- Vetiver
- Indonesian
- Akar wangi, Narwastu, Rumput akar wangi, Serai wangi
- io
- Vetivero
- Italian
- Vetiver
- Japanese
- ベチバー, カスカスガヤ, ベチベル, ベチベルソウ
- Kannada
- ಲಾವಂಚ
- Kazakh
- Ветивер
- Latin
- Vetiver
- Lithuanian
- Kvapusis auksabarzdis
- mad
- Karabisto
- Malay
- Narwastu, Akar wangi, Kusu-kusu, Naga setu, Rumput wangi
- Malayalam
- രാമച്ചം, Vetiver
- Marathi
- वाळा
- Odia
- ବେଣା, ଉଶୀର, ଖସ୍ଖସ୍, ବେଣା ଚେର
- Persian
- علف وتیور
- Polish
- Wetiweria pachnąca, Wetiwer
- Portuguese
- Vetiver, Capim vetiver, Capim-vetiver, Falso-pachuli, Grama cheirosa, Grama das índias, Grama-cheirosa, Grama-das-índias
- Russian
- Ветивер
- Sanskrit
- उशीरसस्यम्
- shn
- ယႃႈၵွၼ်ႇ
- Sinhala
- සැවැන්දරා
- Spanish
- Pachuli, Vetiver
- Sundanese
- Usar
- Swahili
- Mzumai
- Tamil
- வெட்டிவேர்
- tcy
- ಲಾವಂಚ
- Telugu
- వట్టివేరు
- Thai
- หญ้าแฝก
- Tongan
- Ahisiaina, Ahi siaina
- Turkish
- Vetiver
- Ukrainian
- Золотобородник
- Vietnamese
- Cỏ hương bài, Cỏ hương lau, Cỏ Vetiver
Synonyms
- Agrostis verticillata Lam.
- Anatherum muricatum (Retz.) P.Beauv.
- Anatherum zizanioides (L.) Hitchc. & Chase
- Andropogon aromaticus Roxb. ex Schult.
- Andropogon muricatum Retz.
- Andropogon muricatus Retz.
- Andropogon nardus Trin.
- Andropogon odoratus Steud.
- Andropogon zizanioides (L.) Urb.
- Chamaeraphis muricata (Retz.) Merr.
- Holcus zizanioides (L.) Stuck.
- Oplismenus abortivus Roem. & Schult.
- Phalaris zizanioides L.
- Rhaphis muricata Nees
- Rhaphis zizanioides (L.) Roberty
- Sorghum zizanioides (L.) Kuntze
- Sorghum zizanodes Kuntze
- Vetiveria arundinacea Griseb.
- Vetiveria muricata (Retz.) Griseb.
- Vetiveria odorata Virey
- Vetiveria odoratissima Lem.-Lis.
- Vetiveria odoratissima Bory ex Cloquet
- Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash
- Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Stapf.
- Vetiveria zizanioides var. genuina A.Camus
- Vetiveria zizanioides var. tonkinensis A.Camus
Photos
Photo: bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: hocquard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: citi2024, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Erwin Kapitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Saint Fédriche NDZAI, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: André Hyvrier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.