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.