East-Indian Lemon Grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) seeds

Name: East-Indian Lemon Grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) seeds
Brand: Magic Garden Seeds GmbH
SKU: CYM01
Price: 4.19 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)

5 (1 review)

Undescribable lemon flavour. The stalks are perfectly suitable for seasoning, as tea, and for the extraction of the famous lemongrass oil.
Contents: Approx. 250 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

€4.19

Product number: CYM01 GTIN: 4250601202006

Description

Lemon Grass is one of the most important spice herbs in the Asian kitchen. Two varieties are agriculturally cultivated in South East Asia and India, C. Citratus and C. Flexuosus. The East-Indian Lemon Grass probably comes from Cambodia or Sri Lanka and is - although it's exactly equal in use - more often cultivated as a supplier for essential oils than as a spice. It's a meaningful medicinal plant of Ayurveda and is said to be mood-lifting. Recent research shows that it has a strong fungus and germ destructive effect and that it's enormously effective against the notorious hospital bacteria MRSA.

Lemon Grass is mainly used in the Indonesian and Thai kitchen, where it's often used together with coconut milk. It's also very popular as a tea herb as it unfolds a refreshing lemon flavour with a hint of ginger and can be dried well. When it's used for cooking, it's worth soaking the dried herb in water for a while before cooking.

Lifecycle	Perennial
Species	Poaceae
Characteristics	Needs warmth to germinate
Eventual height	1-3 m
Flowering months	August, July, September
Main harvest	August, July, September
Root system	Rhizome

Sowing depth	0.5 cm
Germination temperature	22-28°C
Sunlight	Full sun
Planting distance	10 cm

Sowing and care

Press the seeds in sowing compost and keep them warm (20-30°C). The tropical grass grows well on the windowsill indoors. Needs much warmth and fertilizer. In very mild locations, perennial outdoor cultivation is also possible in Europe - the aerial plant parts have to be cut back (harvested) before winter and the roots have to be covered so that the plant can hibernate protected in the soil. Frosts down to -10°C are tolerated when there's good winter protection.

Other names

Botanical name: Cymbopogon flexuosus, Andropogon ampliflorus

German: Westindisches Zitronengras, Westindisches Lemongras, Guatemaltekisches Lemongras, Sereh

English: East-Indian lemon grass, Oil grass, Cochin grass, Malabar grass

French: Citronnelle, Herbe citron, Verveine des Indes, Fipagrass, Lemongrass

Spanish: Hierba limón, Toronjil de caña, Limonaria, Limoncillo, Zacate de limón, Té de limón, Pajete, Caña de limón, Caña santa, Hierba de la calentura, Paja de limón, Malojillo, Pasto limón, Cedrón paraguayo, Malojillo, Yerba luisa, Hierba luisa

Manufacturer information: Magic Garden Seeds GmbH | Junkersstraße 7 | 93055 Regensburg, Germany | service@magicgardenseeds.com | https://www.magicgardenseeds.com

Reviews

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· 16 April 2008

Tatsächlich war ich anfangs nur aus experimenteller Laune heraus am Zitronengras interessiert, aber da besagtes Grünzeug bereits nach lediglich 4 Tagen bei mir ca. 1 cm hohe Grashälmchen bildet, bin ich nahezu euphorisch am gärntern.