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Lemon Grass & Its Significance


Upasana Mahato, Dr. Deoraj Sharma
Pages: 25-42
ISBN: 978-93-5834-851-4


Medicinal Plants and its Benefits in Our Day to Day Life (Volume -2)

Medicinal Plants and its Benefits in Our Day to Day Life
(Volume - 2)

Abstract

Throughout the globe lemongrass [Cymbopogon flexuosus] is one among the foremost wide grownup essential oil plants. Oil, obtained from lemongrass, has odour like lemon & that’s why the grass is in addition said as lemongrass. It is perennial crop, cultivated in type of soil, different climate, high foliage yield during a small period of time. Oil content in lemongrass was average 0.29% and 0.63% on recent & dry weight basis, gradually. Scientific strategies of cultivation offer good yield and therefore the appropriate time of harvest provides nice quality of oil. Oil of lemon grass is of excellent quality. Aromatic oil obtained by the strategy of steam distillation is useful in cosmetic industry, perfumes, soaps and detergents; conjointly it’s used for medicinal purpose as a healthy tea. In this approach farmers can earn a large amount of profit by cultivation of aromatic grasses.

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