Citronella Essential Oil Ceylon CAS 8000-29-1

Ceylon Citronella Oil is a yellow to brownish yellow or even olive-brown liquid, occasionally hazy due to a water surplus. The odor is very peculiar, warm-woody and yet fresh, grassy and somewhat reminiscent of wet leaves. Geraniol and citronellal are the main constituents, but they are not predominant in the odor of this oil. The camphene-borneol-methyleugenol complex seems to characterize the odor of Ceylon citronella oil.
Arctander, Steffen . Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin (p. 201).
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Steam distilled from the leaves of Cymbopogon nardus cultivated in Sri Lanka.

The oil is used extensively as a source of perfumery chemicals such as citronellal, citronellol, and geraniol. These chemicals find extensive use in soap, candles and incense, perfumery, cosmetic, and flavouring industries throughout the world. Citronella oil is also a plant-based insect repellent and has been registered for this use in the United States since 1948. The United States Environmental Protection Agency considers oil of citronella as a biopesticide with a non-toxic mode of action.

The Ceylon type of citronella oil consists of geraniol (18–20%), limonene (9–11%), methyl isoeugenol (7–11%), citronellol (6–8%), and citronellal (5–15%).

CAS

8000-29-1
FEMA

2308
Binomial Name

Cymbopogon nardus
Appearance

Pale yellow to brownish liquid
Odour description

at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. citrus lemony grassy woody rose fresh wet leaves weedy
Luebke, William tgsc, (1984)Dry, Fresh, citronellal like
Taste description

citrus lemon fatty woody grassy terpenic tropical dewy
Luebke, William tgsc, (1984)