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Chrysopogon zizanioides 

Scientific name: Chrysopogon zizanioides  (L.) Roberty
Synonym: Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash
Botanical family: POACEAE

Vernacular names

(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)

Guatemala:

  • valeriana

Honduras:

  • valeriana

Haiti:

  • vetivè

Botanical description

Tufted perennial grass with aromatic roots.  Culms 1-2 m high.  Leaves linear, 30-100 cm x 4-10 mm, margins scabrous, blade glabrous. Panicles long-pyramidal up to 20-35 cm long with many branches in several whorls, spikelets awnless, 4-5 mm long no bristles.

Voucher(s)

Girón,172,CFEH
Merlo&Tinoco,18,HPMHV
Ochoa,267,HPMHV


Pharmacopoeia

Ed.2

References

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