Poaceae
Camel grass
Cymbopogon schoenanthus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cymbopogon
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Common names
By language (11)
- Afrikaans
- Kameelgras
- Arabic
- إذخر مكي, أبوركية, إذخر, حشيشة الجمل, حلفابر
- arz
- اذخر مكى
- Czech
- Voňatka šašinová
- Dutch
- Kameelgras
- English
- Camel grass, Camel's-hay, Camel's-meat
- grc
- Σχοῖνος
- Hausa
- Nobe
- Malayalam
- നാന്മുഖപ്പുല്ല്
- Persian
- گورگیاه
- Polish
- Palczatka wełnista
Synonyms
- Andropogon lanigerum Desf.
- Andropogon schoenanthus L.
- Cymbopogon citriodorus Link
- Sorghum schoenanthus (L.) Kuntze
- Trachypogon schoenanthus Nees
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
Photo: Pau Pámies Grácia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Edmilson Oliveira da Silva from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.