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| | Cymbopogon - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
 | | Cymbopogon (lemon grass, lemongrass, citronella grass or fever grass) is a genus of about 55 species of grasses, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Old World. |
 | | Lemon grass is widely used as an herb in Asian (particularly Khmer, Thai, Lao, Sri Lankan, Vietnamese) and Caribbean cooking. |
 | | East-Indian Lemon Grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus), also called Cochin Grass or Malabar Grass, is native to Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Burma,and Thailand while the West-Indian lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus) is assumed to have its origins in Malaysia. |
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