Broad-Leaved Turpentine Grass
Cymbopogon caesius
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- November-March
How to identify Broad-Leaved Turpentine Grass
Identify Broad-Leaved Turpentine Grass by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm fruit surface: Smooth, not spiny.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Poaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Broad-Leaved Turpentine Grass.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cymbopogon caesius
- Genus
- Cymbopogon
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands, foothills of deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Arabia, East Africa, Sudan to South Africa
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Poaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit surface
- Smooth, not spinyrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Grain
Characters marked “recorded” are for Broad-Leaved Turpentine Grass itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Broad-Leaved Turpentine Grass
A member of the Poaceae family, Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass (Cymbopogon caesius) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 3 other states. It grows in grasslands, foothills of deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to March.
Poaceae
Grass family
Broad-Leaved Turpentine Grass belongs to the Poaceae family.
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