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  • COMMON NAME: Camel's hay, Camel grass, Lemon grass.
  • ARABIC: أذخر ، صخبر
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Cymbopogon schoenanthus ( L. ) Spreng.
  • SYNONYMS: Andropogon schoenanthus L
  • FAMILY: POACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky)
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). Leaves give off lemon-like smell when crushed.
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://www.teline.fr/fr/photos/poaceae/cympobogon-schoenanthus Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Encyclopedia of medicinal plants of UAE 1&2 from Zayed complex for herbal Research & traditional medicine, AD. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
The plant is used mixed with other herbs or alone in the treatment of stomach diseases and fever, leaves chewed as aphrodisiac.

Similar to Cymbopogon parkeri, but of quite a different. Lower glume of the sessile spikelets smooth and glabrous, pedicel of the lowest pedicelled spikelet not enlarged, basal sheaths not woolly, and less aromatic or slight fragrance. Leaves filifowm, 1 mm broad. Panicle lax with usually simple branches. Awn poorly developed mostly straight shape.  

Flowering in Spring.
rocky ground and road sides.
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