Lemongrass
01. Crop : Cymbopogon flexousus
02. Variety : Sugandhi (OD-19)
03. Institute : Aromatic &Medicinal Plants Research Station, Odakkali
04. Pedigree : A selection from 479 Lemongrass collections from India
and abroad
05. Areas of Adoption : All lemongrass growing regions of Kerala and southern
states of India
06. Maturity Group : Medium
07. Grass yield from single plant: 191.9gm
08. Oil yield from single plant : 1.056 ml
09.Citral content : 84.5 %
10. Oil recovery on fresh weight basis : 0.55
11. Oil recovery on dry weight basis : 1.67
12. Morphological characters
12.1. Leaf length/ breadth : 120.5 / 1.4 cm
12.2. Length of culm : 53 cm
12.3. Distance between
2 ligules : 5.8 cm
12.4. Colour of leaf sheath : Red
12.5. Hairyness : Hairs are present on the leaf blade
12.6. Leaf orientation : Angles of the leaf to the culm to which it is attached was
recorded as medium acute 20-450
12.7. Leaf arrangement : Alternate
12.8. Development pattern : The visual observation of the development of a hill was
recorded as semi compact.
13. Reaction to major diseases: Infection of fungal diseases as malformed
inflorescence was recorded
True Cinnamon
01. Crop : Cinnamomum verum
02. Variety : Sugandhini (ODC-130)
03. Year of Release : 2000
04. Institute : Aromatic &Medicinal Plants Research Station, Odakkali
05. Pedigree : Single tree selection from a collection of 234 accessions
maintained at the Aromatic &Medicinal Plants Research
Station, Odakkali
06. Areas of Adoption : All regions of Kerala
07. Maturity Group : Medium sized tree
08. Morphological Characters :
08.1. Habit : An evergreen densely foliaceous tree with aromatic bark
and leaves
08.2. Leaves : Small to medium ( 4 -12 x 2-6 cm), Simple, exstipulate,
mostly opposite but rarely sub opposite, coreaceous,
oblong, lanceolate, glabrous, acuminate, mostly with three
nerves changing into five.
08.3. Flowers : Many (16-24 is the usual number in a single branchlet of
panicle)small (1.3cm), white, bisexual, hypogynous in
subterminal panicle. Perianth tube short, funnel shaped,
lobes six.
08.4. Androecium : Stamens-9, in two whorls, outer –6 and inner-3, opposite
to perianth lobes, anthers 4 celled, introse.
08.5. Gynoecium : Ovary sessile, unicellular, superior, unilocular with single
anatrophous ovule. Style thick and stigma discoid
08.6. Fruit : Berry seated on cup shaped enlarged perianth tube
08.7. Seed : Non endospermic, pendulous, testa membraneous.
09. Distinguishing characters :
09.1. Plant height : 319 cm
09.2. Canopy Spread : 291 cm
09.3. Canopy characteristic : Semi compact
09.4. Canopy shape : Sperical
09.5. Colour of flushes : Purple coloured
09.6. Fresh leaf yield : 18 kg/tree/ year
09.7. Dry leaf yield : 8 kg/ tree/ year
09.8. Leaf oil yield : 295 ml/ tree/ year
09.9. Eugenol content : 94 %
09.10. Oil recovery on
Fresh weight basis : 1.6%
09.11. Oil recovery on
Dry weight basis : 3.7%
09.12. Eugenol yield : 275 ml/tree/ year
10. Plant yield : 125 kg/ha of leaf oil containing 94% eugenol
11. Diseases and pest incidences : No major diseases or pest noticed.