Category  Essential Oils

                

Species   Curcuma longa L. (C. domestica Val.), 

                fam. Ziniberacea                                                   

                

Part          Herb

Method    Steam Distilled

Class       Ketone

Country    India

Code        CurLon2

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Turmeric Essential Oil, India, (Curcuma longa), part used herb, method steam distilled, origin India, sold in weight 1 ounce to 33.06 pounds.

Turmeric Essential Oil, India, this product is also known as Curcuma Oil.  It is a native to Vietnam and other Asian countries where it has long history as a spice and folk medicine.  Like its cousin Ginger it is distilled from rhizomes.  Considered a mobile liquid, it is about as viscous as most ginger.  Turmeric oil aroma is complex, earthy, spicy and fresh with slight similarity to ginger and faint whispers of fruitiness.