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{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Andropogon citratus var. ceriferus&&Cymbopogon citratus
|family=Gramineae
|nameE=Lemon Grass&&Indian Verbena&&Indian Melissa
|habitat=India&&Ceylon&&Indonesia&&Burma&&Jamaica&&Mexico&&Brazil
|partUsed=Herba Andropogonis citrati&&Oleum Andropogonis citrati = Oleum Melissae indicum
|constituent=volatile oil (consisting chiefly of citral = citrol)
|action=herb: diuretic, sudorific, emmenagogue, stimulant, sudorific, antispasmodic, aromatic; oil: carminative, tonic (to the intestinal mucous membrane), also used in perfumery
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Andropogon nardus&&Cymbopogon nardus
|family=Gramineae
|nameE=Citronella grass
|habitat=Ceylon&&Singapore&&Malaya&&Java&&India
|partUsed=Oleum Citronellae = Oleum Andropogonis = Oleum Graminis Indici
|constituent=essential oil (citronellal, geraniol, terpene, eugenol),
|action=carminative, rubefacient, used in making soaps
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Andropogon schoenanthus&&Andropogon martini var. motia&&Cymbopogon martini var. motia
|nameE=Rusa&&Ginger grass&&Indian Geranium&&Palmarosa&&Namar grass&&Nimar grass&&Nemour grass&&Roosa grass
|habitat=East Indies&&China&&Northern and Central India&&Burma&&Ceylon
|partUsed=Oleum Palmarosae = Oleum Geraniae indicum = Oleum Rusae (obtained from the grass)
|constituent=volatile oil, (geraniol), citronellol,
|action=stimulant, carminative, sudorific, antispasmodic; used as substitute for rose-oil and in soap manufacture
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Andropogon sorghum&&Sorghum vulgare&&Sorghum&&Saccharatum (Holcus saccharatus)
|nameE=Cafir Corn&&Broom-Corn&&Jerusalem Corn&&Durra&&Guinea Corn&&Egyptian Millet&&Great Millet
|habitat=Southern France&&Italy&&U. S. A. &&South West Africa China&&Cochin-China&&cultivated in many tropical countries
|partUsed=Semen Sorghi durrha
|constituent=durrin, sugar,
|action=diuretic, demulcent, emollient, nutritive, used as bird-food
}}

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Steinmetz:Andropogon - Revision history

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