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Type
Essential Oil
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Fragrance
Sweet, Spicy, Balsamic
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Source
Elettaria Cardamomum Plant
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Spice Name
Cardamom
Extracts of Elettaria cardamomum, commonly known as green or true cardamom, is a herbaceous, perennial plant in the ginger family, native to southern India. It is the most common of the species whose seeds are used as a spice called cardamom. Its sweet, spicy and almost balsamic in fragrance. The cardamom essential oil is obtained by extracting its dried seed through the process of Steam Distillation technology method. The cardamom essential oil obtained transparent liquid consists of various components namely a-pinene, b-pinene, sabinene, myrcene, a-phellandrene, limonene, 1, 8-cineole, y-terpinene, p-cymene, terpinolene, linalool, linalyl acetate, terpinen-4-oil, a-terpineol, a-terpineol acetate, citronellol, nerol, geraniol, methyl eugenol and trans-nerolidol.