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Image |
Name
of the Species |
Botanical
name |
Collection Period |
Uses |
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Citronella Or Java
Citronella |
Cymbopogon winterianus |
- |
Soaps, cosmetics, perfumery, antiseptic cream,
mosquito repellant |
| |
Nagar Motha |
Cyperus esculentus |
- |
Many Ayurvedic companies are preparing products such as,
Amrit Kalash – 4, Alera cream, Biovara, Cargosanskar, dantamanjan, shilpa cough tablets, gaser syrup, sisitin tablets. |
| |
Rosha ghaas |
Cymbopogon martinii |
- |
Palmarosa oil is used in perfumery, particularly for
flavoring taboacco and for blending soaps. It is also a natural source for making very high grade geraniol. Geraniol is used in high grade perfumes and as a starting material for synthesis of aromatic chemicals. |
| |
Lemon grass |
Cymbopogon flexuosus
|
- |
Drug for contralling caryza, imflunza and pyrexia used in perfumery and for production of vitamin "A". |
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