Cymbopogon

Ing ***Cymbopogon*** (lemongrass) metung yang genus kareng mga 55 specie ning  dikut, katutubu kareng katamtaman ampong mapaling labuad ning Matuang Yatu (Old World) ampong Oceania. Matas yang perennial a dikut. Ding kayang pangkaraniwan a lagiu ilapin deng **lemon grass**, **lemongrass**, **barbed wire grass**, **silky heads**, **citronella grass**, **fever grass** o **Hierba Luisa** at dakal pang aliwa.

## Gamit

Ing Lemon grass katutubu ya India.
Magagamit yang maralas bilang herb kareng Asian a pamaglutu. Atin yang lasang maslam anti mong kalamunding at maliari yang palangian ampong gawan anti mong pulbus o kaya gamitan sariwa o kayagtalagtal.

Ing Lemon grass pangkaraniwan yang magagamit keng tsa, sabo, ampong currie. Makabage ya kareng manuk, ampong asan danum.  Magagamit yang maralas bilang tsa kareng Africanu ampong Latinu Americanung bangsa (*antinmo*, Togo, Mexico, DR Congo). 

Keng pamanyalugsug ikit da ing lemon grass a agta atin yang panglaban-fungas a katangian.

Ing **[[Cymbopogon nardus|Citronella Grass]]** (*Cymbopogon nardus* ampong *Cymbopogon winterianus*) wawangis ya keng mesabing specie babo dapot daragul yang 2 m katas ampong atin yang malutung keng lalam  ning tanke. Denig specie magagamit la keng pamipalual ning citronella laru, nung nu magagamit ya kareng sabun, bilang panapus kareng insectu kareng insect panispray ampong kandila ampo keng pampanbanglu bau, a bantug king Bintan, Indonesia. Ing pun laman a pangchemical ning citronella, geraniol ampong citronellol, pangantiseptics la, inya magagamit la keng bale bilang paglakoinfection ampong magagamit la bilang sabun.  Bukud keng pamangawang laru, ing dikut citronella magagamit ya keng pamaglutu, keng tsa ampong pandagdag lasa keng pamangan.

## Panglaban cancer

Inyang 2006 a pamanyalugsug a lupung manibat keng Ben Gurion University king Israel ikit da ing Lemon grass (cymbopogon citratus) mika apoptosis (programmed cell death) kareng makamateng cancer cells. Agpang kareng talasalugsug a lupung ing citral iya ing bage a makamate kareng cancer cells para paten de ing karelang sarili. Ikit da iti ing agagawa ning citral kareng alang sirang cells ampng makamateng cancer cells  a peparagul da keng  petri dish. Ing dakal a midagdag keng concentrate katumbas ne ning metung a tasa a metung a gramu a lemon grass keng mapaling danum. Agiang ing citral pete no reng cancer cells, pepaburen no retang masaleseng cells a ela ninanu. Iting ikit da mengapamulala la reng talasalugsug.

## Litratu

Image:Serai.jpg|Lemon grass keng palenki
Image:Prepared lemon grass.JPG|Prepared Lemongrass
Image:Recipes Using Lemongrass dt 2007.jpg|Fresh Lemongrass


## Partial species list
* *[[Cymbopogon ambiguus]]* Australian lemon-scented grass (native of Australia)
* *[[Cymbopogon bombycinus]]* Silky Oilgrass (native of Australia)
* *[[Cymbopogon citratus]]* Lemon Grass 
* *[[Cymbopogon citriodora]]* West Indian lemon grass 
* *[[Cymbopogon flexuosus]]* East Indian lemon grass
* *[[Cymbopogon martinii]]* Palmarosa 
* *[[Cymbopogon nardus]]* Citronella Grass
* *[[Cymbopogon obtectus]]* Silky-heads (katutubu king Australia)
* *[[Cymbopogon procerus]]* (katutubu king Australia)
* *[[Cymbopogon proximus]]* mayakit king Egypt
* *[[Cymbopogon refractus]]* Barbed wire grass (native of Australia)
* *[[Cymbopogon schoenanthus]]* or camel hay or camel grass, southern Asia and northern Africa 
* *[[Cymbopogon winterianus]]* Citronella Grass

## Dalerayan