Poaceae

Lemon grass

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Cymbopogon

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Common names

By language (64)

Albanian: Barishte
Amharic: ጠጅ ሳር
Arabic: إذخر ليموني
arz: اذخر ليمونى
Bambara: Ditebin
ban: Séé
Bangla: গন্ধবেণা, লেমনগ্রাস
Basque: Limoi-belar
bik: Tanglad
bjn: Sarai
Bulgarian: Лимонова трева
Burmese: စပါးလင်ဟင်းမွှေး
Catalan: Herba llimona
Chinese: 柠檬草, 檸檬茅, 香茅草, 柠檬茅, 柠檬草（香茅）, 风茅, 香矛草, 香茅
Czech: Voňatka citronová, Citronová tráva
Danish: Citrongræs
Divehi: ކާސިންޖީ
Dutch: Citroengras, Lemon grass, Sereh
English: Lemon grass, Lemongrass
Esperanto: Citronherbo
Estonian: Harilik sidrunhein
Filipino: Tanglad
Finnish: Intiansitrusheinä, Sitruunaruoho
French: Citronnelle, Citronnelle indienne, Herbe citronnée, Lemongrass, Verveine des Indes
Galician: Herba limoeira, Citronela
Ganda: Kalifuwa
Georgian: Დასავლეთ ინდური ლიმონის სორგო
German: Zitronengras
Hebrew: עשב לימון, לימונית ריחנית, למון גראס, למונגראס
Hindi: लेमन ग्रास
Indonesian: Serai, Daun serai, Sereh, Sitronella
io: Citron-suko
Japanese: レモングラス
kge: Sorai
Korean: 레몬그래스
Lao: ຫົວສີໄຄ
Latvian: Rietumindijas citronzāle, Citronzāle, Īstā citronzāle
Lingala: Sinda
Luxembourgish: Zitrounegras
mad: Serrè
Malay: Daun serai, Serai
Malayalam: സിംബോപോഗോൺ സിട്രാറ്റസ്
Marathi: गवती चहा
min: Serai dapua
Nepali: कागते घाँस
Norwegian Bokmål: Sitrongress
Odia: ଲେମନ ଗ୍ରାସ୍
pam: Salé
pap: Malohi
Persian: پوتار
Polish: Palczatka cytrynowa, Trawa cytrynowa
Portuguese: Capim-cidreira, Capim-limão, Capim-cidró, Belgata, Belgate, Capim catinga, Capim cidreira, Capim cidrilho
Punjabi: ਲੈਮਨ ਗਰਾਸ
roa: Citronelle
Russian: Западно-индийское лимонное сорго, Лемонграсс, Лимонная травая, Челнобородник лимонный
Serbian: Лимун-трава
Slovenian: Limonska trava
sma: Sitronkraesie
Spanish: Cana de limon, Cana de limón, Cana santa, Caña de limon, Caña de limón, Caña santa, Hierba limon, Hierba limón
Swedish: Västindiskt citrongräs
Tamil: நரந்தம் புல், கற்பூரப்புல், வாசனைப்புல்
Thai: ตะไคร้
Urdu: لیموں گھاس
Vietnamese: Sả chanh

Synonyms

Andropogon cerifer Hack.
Andropogon ceriferus Hack.
Andropogon citratus DC.
Andropogon citriodorus Desf.
Andropogon nardus subsp. ceriferus (Hack.) Hack.
Andropogon nardus var. ceriferus (Hack.) Hack.
Andropogon roxburghii Nees ex Wight & Arn.
Cymbopogon nardus subvar. citratus (DC.) Roberty

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Agnes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kristi Denby/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Sunday Berlioz KAKPO, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kristi Denby/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tarun Meena, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kristi Denby/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dana Lee Ling, CC0, from iNaturalist

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.