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Sosin grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus)

Sosin grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) is a plant species in Poaceae, perennial, short rhizome, erect stem and segmented, ribbon-shaped leaves and green, flowers in panicles, grows wild in colonies on forest slopes and wastelands.

C. flexuosus has erect stems, 200-300 cm high, segmented and brown. The midrib is elongated, green, a bone in the middle is white, covering half the segment of the stem and the rest is open at the top.

Dlium Sosin grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus)


The leaves are ribbon-shaped, getting smaller at the tip with a pointed tip, green, a bone in the middle and white, 50-100 cm long, 8-15 mm wide, fibrous surface and rough on both sides.



Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Anthistiriinae
Genus: Cymbopogon
Species: Cymbopogon flexuosus

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