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Cymbopogon citratus

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This densely tufted perennial of the GRAMINEAE family has leaf blades tapered to both ends up to 1 meter long and 5 to 10 mm wide. The flowering pannicles are rarely formed; inflorescence are 30 to 60 cm long and nodding; the partial inflorescence are paired racemes of spikelets subtended by spathes.

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