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Cultivarietal comparison of patchouli plants in relation to essential oil production and quality
Author(s) -
Sugimura Yukio,
Ichikawa Yoshiaki,
Otsuji Kazuya,
Fujita Manabu,
Toi Nao,
Kamata Nobuo,
Rosario Romeo M. Del,
Luingas Godilla R.,
Tagaan Gervacio L.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.2730050211
Subject(s) - patchouli , pogostemon , cultivar , chemistry , trichome , yield (engineering) , essential oil , horticulture , canopy , botany , food science , biology , traditional medicine , medicine , materials science , metallurgy
Patchouli, Pogostemon cablin Benth., is an important source of essential oil. On the basis of botanical observations and gas‐chromatographic patterns of oils obtained, the major characteristics of three cultivars were compared. From cultivar I, an oil close to that commercially available was produced with a yield of 1.6% (wt/wt). From cultivar II, a lower yield of an oil having an additional component was obtained. From cultivar III, a relatively high amount of oil was recovered from each plant owing to the bigger canopy it forms. The quality of the oil, however, was judged to be markedly different from that of others. Each cultivar could be identified by its characteristic leaf morphology and trichome density.