Herb
Cochin Lemongrass
B tier
Cochin lemongrass names Kerala/Cochin oil-trade flexuosus—historic citral source with bright lemon oil character. Culinary stalks from the same region may appear in Indian markets. More oil heritage than Thai soup stalk. Use oil carefully in flavour work; fresh stalks when available cook like other lemongrass.
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Essential OilFlavouringRegional Fresh
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Citral StrongFlexuosus LinkHigh CitralHistoric OilKerala Oil HeritageTrade Name
History
IN
Cochin port exported lemongrass oil that named the trade type.
IN
Cochin lemongrass oil set quality benchmarks for citral content.
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Synthetic citral later competed with Cochin oil.
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Specialty natural oils still referenced Cochin lemongrass.