guccha :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Andropogon
Species: Andropogon nardus

Allied species:

Cymbopogon distans (Nees) J. F. Watson Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steudel) J. F. Watson - east indian lemongrass  Cymbopogon jwarancusa (Jones) Schultes  - jwarancusa grass  Cymbopogon martinii (Roxb.) J. F. Watson  - rosha grass  Cymbopogon muricatus  Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle  - citronella grass  Cymbopogon pendulus (Nees ex Steud.) Wats. Cymbopogon refractus (R. Br.) A. Camus  - barbwire grass  Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Sprengel  - camel grass  Cymbopogon tortilis (J. Presl) A. Camus Cymbopogon travancorensis  Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt  - cymbopogon grass

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: guccha
English: citronella , lemongrass, West Indian lemongrass, citron grass, fever grass
Hindi: gandhatran, ganjini
Telugu: nimmagaddi, Kamakshikasuvu
Bengali: gandhabena , Kamakher
Marathi: Usadhana
Gujarathi: lilacha
Tamil: vasanapullu, Kamachipillu
Malayalam: injipullu
Kannada: mallgehalu, ganga- hanchi-khaddl
Punjabi: khavi
Spanish: Pasto de camellos.Zacate limón.
Japanese: Kou suigaya, Seiron shitironera, Shitoronera, Shitoronera gurasu.
Chinese: Feng mao, Zhao wa xiang mao, La ding mei Zhou xiang mao.
French: Citronelle, Citronnelle de Ceylan
German: Ceyloncitronell, Citronellgras, Nardusgras
Burma: sabalin, Kaingbyu-mi, Myet-hmwe, Sabalin-hmwe, Singu-myet.
Sinhalese: seren
Greek: Kitronella, Lemonochorto.

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