There is a simple vanilla garden in the hotel, with rabbits, Dutch pigs, parrots, pigeons and the like, and of course some vanilla, which is actually very decadent, and the lemongrass is very luxuriant. Regarding lemongrass, there are aliases such as lemongrass, lemongrass or lemongrass, so the question arises, what is lemongrass, is lemongrass or lemongrass?
To answer this question, we must first abandon various aliases and choose only a standard (Flora of China) Chinese name or Latin name to determine. Everyday I talk casually, anyway, even if it is not the same plant, it is also a plant of the same family, and it grows on the ground, basically can not be distinguished, but it is a large tuft of grass, the way to distinguish is to knead the leaves, smell.
Let's start with lemongrass, the Latin scientific name Cymbopogon citratus. Lemongrass, as the name suggests, is lemon-flavored grass, and when kneaded, it has a fresh lemon flavor without any deviation. To the tropics, a variety of cuisines have a lemon flavor, there are many sources, such as lemon leaves, useful in Thai cuisine, is a unique thai lemon leaves, as well as lemons and other fruits, there is lemongrass, the taste is heavier with the stem near the root, the taste is lighter, some use the young leaves. In addition, the lemon flavor in the curry also comes from lemongrass.
Basically used in food, no matter what others call lemongrass, lemongrass, lemongrass, no matter how it is turned over, it is most likely lemongrass, lemon grass, grass family lemongrass genus.
Lemongrass, which is basically used in food, is basically it
The last time I recommended a mosquito repellent and the insect repellent liquid sold in my shop also contained lemongrass, this lemongrass is what we talk about in general, in fact, it is the same as the genus of lemongrass, latin name C. nardus。 Its fragrance you smell also feel lemon flavor, but more flushed, feel some menthol taste, there is also feel like the taste of kumquat, generally do not appear in the food, used in repellent water, soap and the like, some natural insect repellent drugs also use it.
I want to spit on a brand called ramen noodles, it has a tom yin gong flavor noodles, I just ate it a few days ago, too unpalatable, the whole is the taste of mosquito repellent water, too terrible.
In fact, lemongrass and lemongrass still have different shapes, such as lemongrass looks like the leaf surface looks a little white, and the leaf sheath at the base of lemongrass has a purple red.
The base leaf sheath of the lemongrass is purple-red (above), and the lemongrass is somewhat whitish
The leaves of lemongrass have white wax powder under the nodes close to the stem, and this wax powder I smeared a little, also has a lemon flavor
Another plant that resembles Asteracea is called C. aureus (C. a. sylvestris). winterianus), regardless of plant morphology or composition. It is said that in Xinglong, Hainan, there is a valuable cash crop, from which to extract citronella oil, which is extremely useful for insect repellent, mosquito repellent, and fungal resistance, and is more valuable than Ya citronella. I am now not far from Xinglong, struggling with whether to go to Xinglong Tropical Botanical Garden.
Finally, a simple summary, they are all plants of the genus Citronella, the commonly used in food is lemongrass, mosquito repellent is lemongrass or maple grass, and various other names, mainly depending on its use to judge what he is saying, such as we talk about lemongrass oil, basically the latter.