Table 1.

Several Cymbopogon species, common name, regions, plant part used and the uses.

Species	Region	Common Name	Parts	Medicinal Uses	References
C. nardus (L.) Rendle	India	Citronella oil	Leaves	Insect repellent and as perfumes	[11]
C. parkeri Stapf	Pakistan	Lemon grass	Aerial	Antiseptic and stomachic treatment	[12]
C. excavatus Hoscht	South Africa	Bread-leavened Turpentine grass	Sheaths	Used as insecticides	[13]
C. olivieri(Boss)	Pakistan	Pputar	Aerial	Pyretic, vomit, diuretic, rheumatism, and as anti-malaria condiment.	[14,15]
C. validus(Stapf)	Eastern and Southern Africa	African bluegrass	Essential oils	skin toner, anti-ageing in men, fumigant and for rodent control	[16]
C. winterianus(Jowitt)	Brazil	Java grass	Fleshy leaves	Treatment of epilepsy and anxiety	[17]
C. marginatus(Steud.)	South Africa	Lemon-Scented grass	Root	They are used as moth repellent	[18]
C. citratus Stapf	India	Lemon grass	Aerial	Fever, digestive disorders	[9]
	Nigeria	Lemon grass	Leaves	Diabetes, inflammation and nerve disorders	[8]
	Argentina	Limonaria	Leaves	Against cold and flu, and digestive complaints, stomach upsets and as decoction with other plants for malaria	[19]
	Cuba	Cana Santa	Leaves		[20]
	Costa Rica	Grass tea	Leaves	To relieve cough, carminative, expectorant and depurative	[21]
	Colombia	Limonaria	Rhizome	It is chewed and used as toothbrush and for pest control.	[22,23]
	Brazil	Capimsanto	Leaves	Anxiolytic and anti-hypertensive	[24]
	Trinidad & Tobago	“fever grass”	Grass and rhizomes	The teas from it are used to treat cold, flu, fever and diabetes	[24]
C. giganteus(Hochst.) Chiov.	Cameroon	Tsauri grass	decoctions of leaves and flowers	Cough and arterial hypertension	[25]
C. ambiguous (Hack.) A. Camus.	Australia	Native Lemon Grass	Leaves and stems	Headache remedy, chest infections, muscle cramp and Scabies	[26,27]
C. procerus (R.Br.) Domin	Australia	Scent grass	Leaves and stems	Leaves and stem are pounded and used as medicinal body wash used for headache	[28]
C. flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) Wats.	India	Lemon grass	Leaves	Cosmetics, antiseptic and for treatment of fever	[10]
C. pendulus (Nees ex Steud.) Wats.	India	Jammu Lemongrass	Leaves	Antiseptic and for perfumery	[29]
C. scheonanthus (L.) Spreng	Saudi Arabia	Ethkher	Leaves	Antidiarrheal, to treat fever, treatment of jaundice and tonic	[30]
C. obtectus (S.T. Blake)	Central Australia	Silky-heads	Mixture	Cold and flu, headaches, fever and sore throat	[27]
C. proximus (Stapf.)	Egypt	Halfabar	Leaves	Expulsion of renal and ureteric calculi	[31]
Cymbopogon refractus (R.Brown) A. Camus.	Australia	Barbed wire grass	Leaves	Feed for animals	[32]
C. densiflorus (Steud.) Stapf	Congo	Lemongrass	Leaves and rhizome	Employed against asthma, epilepsy, abdominal cramps and pains and also for interpreting dreams by witch doctors.	[33,34]
C. jwarancusa(Jones) Schult.	Egypt	Thé Limon	The whole plant	Condiment and for medicinal purpose	[35]