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[[File:YosriNov04Pokok Serai.JPG|thumb|right|''Bhustrina'', ''Cymbopogon'', ''lemongrass'']]
'''Bhustrina''' better known as lemongrass, is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and tropical island plants in the grass family.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Sore throats}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Cold}}, {{Uses|Anxiety}}, {{Uses|High cholesterol}}, {{Uses|Digestion}}, {{Uses|Rough}}, {{Uses|Kidney detoxification}}.
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Alternate|Stipulate|The leaves are alternate, stipulate, paripinnate compound, very numerous, closely placed, rachis 8.8-12.5 cm long, narrowly furrowed, slender, pubescent, with an erect linear gland between the leaflets of each pair, leaflets 16-24, very shortly stalked 2-2.5 cm long 1-1.3 cm broad, slightly overlapping, oval oblong, obtuse, at both the ends}}.<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
==How to plant/cultivate==
Lemongrass is a sub-tropical plant and it can’t handle hard freezing temperatures. If you live anywhere colder than about a zone 9a, you’ll want to grow your lemongrass in a pot, and bring it indoors for the winter. And even then, you might want to bring it in, just in case you get an unexpected temperature drop.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
Image:Serai.jpg|Lemon grass at a market
Image:Prepared lemon grass.JPG|Prepared lemon grass
Image:LemongrassEssOil.png|Lemongrass (''oilFile:Starr 080531-4968 Cymbopogon flexuosus'') essential oil in clear glass vialcitratus.jpg|Leaves
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<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.mdidea.com/products/proper/proper08404.html "phytochemicals"Phytochemicals]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[http://eol.org/pages/703261/details "Morphology"]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://www.theprairiehomestead.com/2014/11/lemongrass-grow-use.html "How to Grow"]</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have flower, fruit and leaf photos]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
==External Links==
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Poaceae]]
