Dr Valnet Tropical Basil Essential Oil 10ml

Alto about 30 cm, basil is an aromatic plant 20 to 60 centimeters tall whose oval-lanceolate leaves are light green to dark green in color. The erect and branched stems tend to become woody and bushy. Its small white flowers are grouped in long tubular spikes, shaped like elongated clusters. It is best to prevent basil from flowering by pinching the ends of the stems as soon as they form, in modo to increase the production of leaves.| Originally from central Africa, it would have been domesticated in India, and then spread to Asia before being brought to the West by the soldiers of Alexander the Great's army, 300 years before our era.| Over time he acclimatised to the climate of the south of France dove has become an essential aromatic (especially for the famous pistou!).| Distilled part leaves Chemotype methylcavicol, linalool Low pressure steam distillation Origin Madagascar Yield 250 kg per 1 kg of EO