A yellow or amber coloured viscous liquid with a very strong, fresh, grassy, herbaceous and citrus aroma.

Botanical name

Cymbopogon flexuosus

Origin

India

Method of extraction

Steam distillation

Major constituents

A typical chemical composition of Lemongrass Essential Oil: myrcene 0.21%, limonene 7.77%, linalool (traces), citronellal (0.25%), citral (79.1%), geranyl acetate (0.85%), nerol (0.33%), geraniol (1.95%), neral, geranial, borneol.