Lemon Grass Oil

Lemon Grass is thin, tall perennial plant which throws up its dense fascicles of leaves from a small rhizome. Botanically, lemon grass is known as Cymbopogon lexuosus and is a kind of aromatic tall sedge belonging to Poaceae family. Lemon grass is fast growing aromatic grass which is mostly cultivated in warm temperate region. Lemon grass is generally called barbed wire grass, silky heads, tangled etc. Lemon grass oil is a type of essential oil which is extracted from grasses of lemon through steam distillation method. Lemon grass oil varies from dark yellow to amber to reddish in color. It has thin water like consistency and has a lemony, fresh and sweet smell.