We offer jatamansi essential oil is related to “valarianacea” plant family. It is extracted from dried root by steam distillation. It is used rhizomes as a plant part. Jatamansi essential oil’s botanical name “nardostachys jatamansi” and is also known as “indian spikenard” in common language. Jatamansi has a woody fragrance which is astonishingly herbaceous and aromatic, warm and sensual. Its fragrance is also a combination of sweet, resinous, spicy, and animal-fat odors. Jatamansi is a perennial herb. It has a stout un-branched woody aromatic rhizome, covered with reddish-brown thick fibers of remnants and petiole of withered radical leaves with a single long tap root, typically with 2-7 rhizomes but sometimes up to 15. The thickness and numbers of rhizomes per plant depends on the age of plant.
basic information
botanical name: nardostachys jatamansi
country of origin: northern india
major chemical constituents: bornyl acetate, valeranone
obtained from: dried root
method of separation: steam distillation
color and appearance: light green
specification
refractive index at 25°c 1.5055 to 1.5458
optical rotation -37.5°
specific gravity at 25°c 0.9300 to 0.9587.

We offer jatamansi essential oil is related to “valarianacea” plant family. It is extracted from dried root by steam distillation. It is used rhizomes as a plant part. Jatamansi essential oil’s botanical name “nardostachys jatamansi” and is also known as “indian spikenard” in common language. Jatamansi has a woody fragrance which is astonishingly herbaceous and aromatic, warm and sensual. Its fragrance is also a combination of sweet, resinous, spicy, and animal-fat odors. Jatamansi is a perennial herb. It has a stout un-branched woody aromatic rhizome, covered with reddish-brown thick fibers of remnants and petiole of withered radical leaves with a single long tap root, typically with 2-7 rhizomes but sometimes up to 15. The thickness and numbers of rhizomes per plant depends on the age of plant.
basic information
botanical name: nardostachys jatamansi
country of origin: northern india
major chemical constituents: bornyl acetate, valeranone
obtained from: dried root
method of separation: steam distillation
color and appearance: light green
specification
refractive index at 25°c 1.5055 to 1.5458
optical rotation -37.5°
specific gravity at 25°c 0.9300 to 0.9587.