Maria Lis-Balchin's Lavender: The Genus Lavandula (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants PDF

By Maria Lis-Balchin

ISBN-10: 0203216520

ISBN-13: 9780203216521

ISBN-10: 0203293649

ISBN-13: 9780203293645

ISBN-10: 0415284864

ISBN-13: 9780415284868

ISBN-10: 1420023993

ISBN-13: 9781420023992

Lavandula species are more often than not grown for his or her crucial oils, that are utilized in perfumery, cosmetics, foodstuff processing and aromatherapy items, and for his or her use as decorative vegetation and constituents in several cottage items. particular types of lavender oil have additionally been proven to have antimicrobial and antifungal houses. The dried vegetation were used for hundreds of years in pillows and sachets to advertise sleep and rest, and oil of spike lavender is used as an insect repellent. Lavender: The Genus Lavandula is a finished quantity masking all points of our present wisdom of lavender, including:* taxonomy, and heritage of utilization and nomenclature* lavender cultivation for crucial oil creation and retail reasons in numerous nations* phytochemistry of the genus* chemistry of Lavandula oils* idea and perform of distillation and standardization of lavender crucial oils* pharmacology and healing houses of lavender oil and Lavandula extracts* use of lavender oil in aromatherapy, perfumery, cosmetics, meals processing and medication* new study into Lavandula species and their oilsWith contributions from lavender researchers world wide, this publication could be of curiosity either to graduate scholars and scientists in academia and who're concerned with lavender, to pros within the lavender becoming and retail undefined, the perfumery, nutrients and cosmetics industries, and to these attracted to lavender for substitute and standard clinical use.

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F. This species is clearly closely related to L. coronopifolia and was described as differing particularly in its indumentum and also characters of the spike, bracts, calyx and leaves. It is native to Iran where L. coronopifolia also occurs, but appears to be known from only a single collection. It has not been possible to date to determine whether this is truly a distinct species or a variant that should be included within L. coronopifolia. L. brevidens (Humbert) Maire This taxon was originally described as a subspecies of L.

L. macra Spike condensed in fruit, plant branched mainly from the base. Few sessile glands between nerves on calyx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. subnuda Bracts longer than calyx, calyx teeth Ϯ reflexed in fruit; bracts and calyx with sparse indumentum of long woolly hairs . . . . . . . . . L. galgalloensis Bracts shorter than calyx rarely longer, calyx teeth erect in fruit; bracts and calyx with indumentum of fine short hairs or short woolly hairs .

L. subnuda Benth. 14) A sprawling almost leafless bush to 2 m, branching from the base. Stem indumentum variable glabrescent or with sparse simple and branched hairs. Lower leaves ovate in outline and pinnatifid the upper ones becoming elliptic to rhombic and entire. 5–)2–4(–8) cm long. 6 ϫ as long as calyx (occasionally just exceeding calyx in length). Corolla variable in colour from shades of pale to dark blue. Endemic to Oman on rocky slopes, stony places and cliff crevices to 800 m. 21. L. macra Baker A species very similar to L.

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