Cymbopogon itu apa sih?

Cymbopogon atau Serai adalah sebuah genus tumbuhan pulau tropis di Asia, Afrika, dan Australia dalam keluarga rumput.

Beberapa spesies (terutama Cymbopogon citratus) umum ditanam sebagai tumbuhan obat dan makanan.

Dibawah ini merupakan daftar spesies serai (Cymbopogon):

Cymbopogon ambiguus (Australian lemon-scented grass) – Australia, Timor

Cymbopogon annamensis – Yunnan, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand

Cymbopogon bombycinus silky oilgrass – Australia

Cymbopogon caesius – Sub-Saharan Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Yemen, Afghanistan, Madagascar, Comoros, Réunion

Cymbopogon calcicola – Thailand, Kedah

Cymbopogon cambogiensis – Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam

Cymbopogon citratus – Serai Dapur

Cymbopogon clandestinus – Thailand, Myanmar, Andaman Islands

Cymbopogon coloratus – Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Myanmar, Vietnam

Cymbopogon commutatus – Sahel, East Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan

Cymbopogon densiflorus – central + south-central Africa

Cymbopogon dieterlenii – Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa

Cymbopogon distans – Gansu, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, northern Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir

Cymbopogon exsertus – Nepal, Assam

Cymbopogon flexuosus (East Indian lemon grass) – Indian Subcontinent, Indochina

Cymbopogon gidarba – Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Yunnan

Cymbopogon giganteus – Africa, Madagascar

Cymbopogon globosus – Maluku, New Guinea, Queensland

Cymbopogon goeringii – China, Korea, Japan incl Ryukyu Islands, Vietnam

Cymbopogon jwarancusa – Socotra, Turkey, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Indian Subcontinent, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Vietnam

Cymbopogon khasianus – Yunnan, Guangxi, Assam, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand

Cymbopogon marginatus – Cape Province of South Africa

Cymbopogon martini (palmarosa) – Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Vietnam

Cymbopogon mekongensis – China, Indochina

Cymbopogon microstachys Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Yunnan

Cymbopogon microthecus – Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, West Bengal, Bangladesh

Cymbopogon nardus (citronella grass) – Serai Wangi

Cymbopogon nervatus – Myanmar, Thailand, central Africa

Cymbopogon obtectus Silky-heads – Australia

Cymbopogon osmastonii – India, Bangladesh

Cymbopogon pendulus – Yunnan, eastern Himalayas, Myanmar, Vietnam

Cymbopogon polyneuros – Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Myanmar

Cymbopogon pospischilii – eastern + southern Africa, Oman, Yemen, Himalayas, Tibet, Yunnan

Cymbopogon procerus – Australia, New Guinea, Maluku, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi

Cymbopogon pruinosus – islands of Indian Ocean

Cymbopogon rectus – Lesser Sunda Islands, Java

Cymbopogon refractus (barbed wire grass) – Australia incl Norfolk Island

Cymbopogon schoenanthus (camel hay or camel grass) – Sahara, Sahel, eastern Africa, Arabian Peninsular, Iran

Cymbopogon tortilis – China incl Taiwan, Ryukyu + Bonin Is, Philippines, Vietnam, Maluku

Cymbopogon tungmaiensis – Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan

Cymbopogon winterianus (citronella grass) – Borneo, Java, Sumatra

Banyak spesies dari serai yang sekarang dimasukan ke dalam genus lain seperti Andropogon, Exotheca, Hyparrhenia, Iseilema, Schizachyrium, and Themeda.