Plai(Zingiber cassumanar) essential oil/Indonesia organic

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Plai(Zingiber cassumanar) is in the genus which includes ginger and is widely grown in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand etc. Until quite recently the main country where the essential oil was distilled but recently distillation of this beautiful root oil has been taken up in Indonesia where the plant has been grown for centuries as a spice crop.
The pale yellow mobile oil distilled from the roots displays a fresh spicy, rooty, camphoraceous, grapefruit/yuzu like note with a coniferous undertone. The unique citrus note that is found at the heart of this spicy/root bouquet grows more clear and refined as the heart note phase develops. The tenacity

Blends well with allspice eo,co2 and abs; anise seed eo; anise star eo and co2; artemisa oils; cedar leaf eo; citrus oils(lime, lemon, grapefruit, orange, tangerine); cistus eo and abs; conifer oils(pine, spruce, cedar, pine, cypress,etc); cognac eo; cubeb eo; fennel eo and co2; davana eo, co2 and abs; eudalyptus macarthii eo; frankincense eo, co2 and abs; galangal eo and co2; ginger eo and co2; hyssop eo and co2; labdanum eo and abs; laurel leaf eo and abs; lemonbalm eo, co2 and abs; lemongrass eo; litsea cubeba eo; mace eo and co2; nutmeg eo, co2 and abs; pepper black eo and co2; peppermint eo, co2 and abs; petitgrain eo's(mandarin, bigarade, lemon, bergamot, combava); ruh kewda and attar kewda; sage eo and co2; turmeric eo and co2; verbena eo and abs; yarrow eo; ylang eo and abs

In natural perfumery works well in citrus colognes, spice notes; apothecary perfumes, culinary accords

Links to Plai/Zingiber cassumanar)
Aromatherapy for health professionals By Shirley Price, Len Price
World spice plants By Johannes Seidemann
Medicinal and aromatic plants/ICS