Description

Lavandula angustifolia are economically important plants widely grown around the world for their essential oils (EOs), which contribute to the cosmetic, personal hygiene, and pharmaceutical industries. It's mainly contains volatile oils: linalool, linalyl acetate, lavandulyl acetate, etc. L. angustifolia has the effects of mental-state calming, anaesthetizing, nerves-protecting, pesticidal, and anti-bacterial.

Scientific classitication

Family: Lamiaceae

Genus: Lavandula

Common Name

lavender

Reference

Malli, R.P.N., Adal, A.M., Sarker, L.S. et al. De novo sequencing of the Lavandula angustifolia genome reveals highly duplicated and optimized features for essential oil production. Planta 249, 251–256 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-018-3012-9