Description
Description: Lavender is a genus of 39 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found from Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, Europe across to northern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, southwest Asia to southeast India.
Many members of the genus are cultivated extensively in temperate climates as ornamental plants for garden and landscape use, for use as culinary herbs, and also commercially for the extraction of essential oils
Botanical Name: Lavandula officinalis - Gray Blue
Common Names: Lavender, Lavandula
Medicinal Part: Flower bud
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CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Max % Ashes: 9.0
Max % Foreign Matters: 2.0
Max % Loss on Drying: 10.0
Max % Other Foreign Matters
Stems: 3.0
Camphor: 1.0
Actives
Min Essential Oil (%): 1.3