Geranium oil - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 76931 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 38.01 GERANIACEAE Pelargonium sp | Entry Book Number | 21.1983 | |
| Artefact Name | Geranium oil | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Geranium oil | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Geranium oilUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Essential Oil Cabinet | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 22/08/1983 | Donor Notes | Schimmel & Co., donated 1893 | ||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | The principal constituent of the oil is Geraniol. The leaves (and flowers when present) of the plant are used to make the oil. Notations on the card catalogue entry for this specimen read: Plants used are: Italy: P. roseum; Algiers: P. roseum, P. odoratis, simum, P. capitatum; France: P. radula. See Fimemore [?] - Essential Oils & P.E.O.R. 1913 p.p. 239 & 382. Holmes suggests it is a hybrid between P. radula, P. capitatum and P. glutinosum. | ||||