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INDIAN GRASS [12 records]

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Record 1 2022-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Digitaria longiflora
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • Indian crab grass
  • wire crab grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Digitaria longiflora
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Ischaemum ciliare
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • Indian muraina grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Ischaemum ciliare
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

OBS

Ischaemum ciliare : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Bothriochloa pertusa
Latin
Andropogon pertusus
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • pitted beard grass
  • pitted blue-stem
  • pitted bluegrass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Bothriochloa pertusa
Latin
Andropogon pertusus
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

OBS

Bothriochloa pertusa : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Xyris indica
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Xyridaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Xyris indica
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Xyridaceae.

OBS

Xyris indica : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Cyperus corymbosus
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Cyperus corymbosus
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

OBS

Cyperus corymbosus : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 6 2020-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Sacciolepis indica
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Sacciolepis indica
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 7 2019-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Sorghastrum nutans
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • yellow Indian grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Sorghastrum nutans
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • faux-sorgo penché

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weed Science
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Eleusine indica
Latin
OBS

An annual grass of the family Gramineae.

OBS

goose grass: common name also used when referring to Poa annua and Galium aparine.

OBS

wire grass: common name also used when referring to Poa compressa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mauvaises herbes
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Eleusine indica
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Graminées.

Key term(s)
  • éleusine des Indes
  • éleusine d'Inde

Spanish

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Record 9 2009-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Achnatherum hymenoides
Latin
Oryzopsis hymenoides
Latin
Stipa hymenoides
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • Indian rice-grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Achnatherum hymenoides
Latin
Oryzopsis hymenoides
Latin
Stipa hymenoides
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Food Additives
  • Pharmacology
DEF

Colorless to light-yellow, volatile essential oil with roselike aroma obtained from a rosha grass (Cymbopogon martinii var. motia); soluble in alcohol and mineral oils; main component is geraniol; used in soaps and perfumes.

OBS

This "geranium oil" should not be confused with the other one (obtained from plants of the genus Pelargonium).

Key term(s)
  • oil of rose geranium
  • East Indian oil of geranium

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Pharmacologie
DEF

Liquide incolore, d'odeur agréable, extrait des parties aériennes de Cymbopogon Martini Stapf [...] contient : géraniol, dipentène, méthylhepténone.

CONT

Essence de géranium de Turquie [...] incolore ou légèrement jaunâtre, odeur faible de rose [...] Soluble dans l'alcool, l'éther [...] Usages : Parfumerie, cosmétique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Aditivos alimentarios
  • Farmacología
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Record 11 1998-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Food Additives
  • Perfume and Cosmetics Industry
Universal entry(ies)
8007-02-1
CAS number
DEF

A yellow to reddish brown essential oil that has an odor of lemon or verbena, is obtained especially from either of two lemon grasses (Cymbopogon citratus or C. flexuosus), and is used chiefly as a perfume (as in soap) and as a source of the aldehyde citral.

OBS

Lemon-grass oil [is a] natural flavoring agent used in lemon and fruit flavorings for beverages, ice cream, ices, candy, baked goods, gelatin desserts, and chewing gum.

OBS

Indian or ’Cochin’ lemon grass oil, the principal lemon grass oil of commerce, is from C. flexuosos which is indigenous to India, and the so-called ’West Indian’ oil is from C. citratus which is widely cultivated in India, Guatemala, Haiti, East and West Africa, and other tropical countries. The Indian oil is a reddish-yellow or brownish-red mobile liquid with a very stong verbana-like odour, while the ’West Indian’ oil is pale yellow to yellowish-brown and has an odour similar to but somewhat lighter in character than that of the indian oil.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Parfumerie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
8007-02-1
CAS number
DEF

Huile essentielle produite par distillation de deux espèces de plantes aromatiques du genre Cymbopogon (Cymbopogon citratus et C. flexuosus).

CONT

Essence de lemongrass. [...] Usages - Thérapeutique (carminatif), parfumerie, cosmétique, savons, préparation de l'ionone, du citral.

Spanish

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Record 12 1993-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Grass roots organization of American Indian women seeking to advance the Native American movement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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