Mchaichai

Mchaichai (pia: mzumari; jina la kisayansi: Cymbopogon spp.) ni jina la nyasi za nusufamilia Andropogoneae. 

Majani yake yana harufu na ladha ya limau, kwa hiyo hunywewa kama chai, yakiwa peke yake au kama mchanganyiko na majani ya chai. Lakini spishi kadhaa, kama mchaichai fukuza-mbu, hazinyweka. 

Jenasi hii ina spishi nyingi ambazo 11 zinatokea Afrika.

Spishi za Afrika
Cymbopogon caesius (Kachi grass)
Cymbopogon citratus, Mchaichai wa Kawaida (Lemon grass)
Cymbopogon commutatus, Mchaichai-fukizo (Incense grass)
Cymbopogon densiflorus
Cymbopogon dieterlenii, Mchaichai Kusi
Cymbopogon giganteus, Mchaichai Mkubwa
Cymbopogon marginatus
Cymbopogon nardus, Mchaichai Fukuza-mbu (Citronella grass)
Cymbopogon nervatus
Cymbopogon pospischilii
Cymbopogon schoenanthus, Mchaichai-ngamia (Camel grass)

Spishi za Asia
Cymbopogon ambiguus (Australian lemon-scented grass)
Cymbopogon annamensis
Cymbopogon bhutanicus
Cymbopogon bombycinus
Cymbopogon calcicola
Cymbopogon calciphilus
Cymbopogon cambogiensis
Cymbopogon clandestinus
Cymbopogon coloratus
Cymbopogon dependens
Cymbopogon distans
Cymbopogon exsertus
Cymbopogon flexuosus (East Indian lemon grass)
Cymbopogon gidarba
Cymbopogon globosus
Cymbopogon goeringii
Cymbopogon gratus
Cymbopogon jwarancusa
Cymbopogon khasianus
Cymbopogon liangshanensis
Cymbopogon mandalaiaensis
Cymbopogon martinii (Palmarosa)
Cymbopogon mekongensis
Cymbopogon microstachys
Cymbopogon minor
Cymbopogon minutiflorus
Cymbopogon nervatus
Cymbopogon obtectus
Cymbopogon osmastonii
Cymbopogon pendulus
Cymbopogon polyneuros
Cymbopogon procerus
Cymbopogon pruinosus
Cymbopogon queenslandicus
Cymbopogon quinhonensis
Cymbopogon rectus
Cymbopogon refractus (Barbed wire grass)
Cymbopogon tortilis
Cymbopogon tungmaiensis
Cymbopogon winterianus
Cymbopogon xichangensis

Picha

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