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Cymbopogon giganteus Chiov.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Cymbopogon

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Cymbopogon giganteus: Cymbopogon giganteus in Bantia Botanical Garden near Fada N'Gourma, Burkina Faso
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Arabic
إذخر عملاق
Bambara
Musowaa
dag
Mopele mɔɣu
Hausa
Tsaure

Synonyms

  • Andropogon giganteus Hochst.
  • Cymbopogon caesius subsp. giganteus (Chiov.) Sales
  • Cymbopogon connatus var. benearmatus Chiov.
  • Cymbopogon giganteus var. giganteus
  • Cymbopogon giganteus var. inermis Clayton

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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.