Herb
Cymbopogon pendulus
C tier
Cymbopogon pendulus is a related aromatic grass sometimes grouped with lemongrass oil plants—citral-bearing, less common as a supermarket culinary stalk than citratus. Used regionally and industrially. Prefer citratus for cooking unless local markets specify pendulus stalks.
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CitralLemon OilLess Culinary CommonOil Ally SpeciesRegionalSecondary Culinary
History
IN
Indian botany and oil trials included C. pendulus among lemongrass allies.
Industrial citral sources occasionally used pendulus plantings.
Culinary lemongrass remained dominated by citratus over pendulus.
Specialty taxonomy still listed C. pendulus in grass oil literature.