Part used
We are wholesale suppliers and exporters of :-
Patchouli Oil,
Patchouli Seeds
Description
A fragrant perennial herb, 30-100cm high. Stem erect and thick, the upper
parts branched and covered densely with dull -yellow tomenia. The lower
parts, terete, ligneous. Leaves opposite, petiole 2-5cm long, also with
tomenta. Blade broadly ovate or oavte, 5-10cm long by 2.5-7cm wide tip
sub-acute, base cuneate oar lightly coradate. Margin obtusely dentate or
incised, both surfaces covered with dense hairs and oil glands, Summer.
Flower small in terminal or axillary spikes,. Calyx tubular, 6mm
long5-lobbed. Corolla bilabiate, 8mm long, light reddish-purple. Stamens 4,
extending from the corollatube, Nutlets smooth.
Habitat
Mostly cultivated in warm and moist regions in China, India, Malaysia and
Philippines.
Chemical Constituents
Patchoulol.
Cosmetic Uses
The uses to which patchouli oil is put to include cosmetics, perfumes of
all kinds, toiletries (with soaps being a major consumer of this oil),
breath refreshners especially in the East (40 metric tons of patchouli are
used by India's pan and tobacco chewing industry), incense, etc.