''Cymbopogon ambiguus'', or Australian lemon-scented grass, is a plant species in the family Poaceae. It has fragrant, bluish-green grey leaves and fluffy seed heads. It is

self-fertile Self-incompatibility (SI) is a general name for several genetic mechanisms that prevent self-fertilization in sexually reproducing organisms, and thus encourage outcrossing and allogamy. It is contrasted with separation of sexes among individuals ...

Cultivation

''Cymbopogon ambiguus'' needs a sunny position. It can tolerate extreme dryness once established.

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is by division of clumps or from seed. Lemongrass can be grown in any soil and needs very little water. It grows to a height of .

Uses

Infusions and concoctions of ''Cymbopogon ambiguus'' have been used in traditional

Aboriginal Australian Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Isl ...

medicine to treat headaches, chest infections, and muscle cramps. It has also been proposed as a candidate for rhizoremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils.

Read also

* Cymbopogon

References

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