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Useful Tropical Plants

Cymbopogon coloratus

(Hook.f.) Stapf

Poaceae

+ Synonyms

Andropogon coloratus Wight ex Wall.

Andropogon nardus coloratus Hook.f.

Andropogon nardus glomeratus Hack.

Common Name:

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General Information

Cymbopogon coloratus is an evergreen, clump-forming, perennial grass producing erect culms 60 - 140cm tall.
The plant is exploited in the wild as a source of biomass and essential oils, and is also cultivated for the essential oil in Myanmar and Fiji[
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Title
Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants
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Author
 
Website
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336
Publisher
 
Year
0
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Description
Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
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Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References


Range

E. Asia - southern India.

Habitat

Not known

Properties

Other Uses Rating *  *  *
HabitEvergreen Perennial
Height1.00 m
Cultivation StatusCultivated, Wild

Cultivation Details


Species in this genus generally grow best in a sunny position in a moisture-retentive but well-drained soil. Many of them are found in dry soils in the wild[
200
Title
The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992.
Publication
 
Author
Huxley. A.
Publisher
MacMillan Press
Year
1992
ISBN
0-333-47494-5
Description
Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
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The grass can become highly flammable late in its growing season and thus presents a fire hazard.

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

An essential oil is obtained from the plant[
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Title
Boda Grass - Expression of Interest
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://forest.ap.nic.in/Prod%20Boda%20Grass.htm
Publisher
 
Year
2009
ISBN
 
Description
An internet page from the Forest Depf of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, inviting tenders for utilizing Cymbopogon coloratus as a source of essential oil, fibre for paper making and biomass.
]. The oil has 73 constituents at vegetative stage and 54 constituents at flowering stage. The main constituents are Camphene, Limonene, Borneol, Caryophyllene Oxide and Bisabolol etc. Three to four KGs of oil can be manufactured from a MT of grass[
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Title
Boda Grass - Expression of Interest
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://forest.ap.nic.in/Prod%20Boda%20Grass.htm
Publisher
 
Year
2009
ISBN
 
Description
An internet page from the Forest Depf of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, inviting tenders for utilizing Cymbopogon coloratus as a source of essential oil, fibre for paper making and biomass.
].

The fibre in the plant can be used for the manufacture of paper products such as Card sheets, File covers, Carry bags, Folders, Marble paper, Different coloured paper, Moon rock papers and Straw Boards[
344
Title
Boda Grass - Expression of Interest
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://forest.ap.nic.in/Prod%20Boda%20Grass.htm
Publisher
 
Year
2009
ISBN
 
Description
An internet page from the Forest Depf of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, inviting tenders for utilizing Cymbopogon coloratus as a source of essential oil, fibre for paper making and biomass.
]..

The grass has as high as 3100 K. Cal /Kg of energy equivalent to F grade coal and can be used for Bio Power Generation[
344
Title
Boda Grass - Expression of Interest
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://forest.ap.nic.in/Prod%20Boda%20Grass.htm
Publisher
 
Year
2009
ISBN
 
Description
An internet page from the Forest Depf of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, inviting tenders for utilizing Cymbopogon coloratus as a source of essential oil, fibre for paper making and biomass.
].

Propagation

Seed - surface sow or only just cover, sowing the seeds in a nursery seedbed. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots at the 3 - 4 leaf stage and grow on until large enough to plant out. Seed can also be sown in situ, but this often results in heavy weed infestation[
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Title
Plant Resources of Southeast Asia
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://proseanet.org/
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
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Division of established clumps. This is best done annually or they can become too crowded and suffer. The offshoots of this species often fail to establish[
310
Title
Plant Resources of Southeast Asia
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://proseanet.org/
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
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