Assessment of medicinal plant Cymbopogon citratus in north Maharashtra Univresity campus of Khandesh region

In the present investigation the current status of medicinal plants used by traditional vaidyas is studied in Khandesh area of Maharashtra state, India. Information was gathered using semistructured questionnaires about various traditional vaidyas. They were questioned about the types of ailments treated with plants and the preparation of herbal medical formulation. The study of Cymbopogon citrates is probably of Indian origin. However, it is now naturalized and found along path sides in the North Maharashtra University campus of Jalgaon district, Maharashtra and commonly cultivated in humid tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is difficult to distinguish Cymbopogon nardus (L) rendle (Synonyms Andropogon nardus L.). Cymbopogon nardus is called citronella grass and it possesses a different odour of its essential oil compared with Cymbopogon citratus.