Abies Spectabilis Essential Oil
A tree attaining in the E. Himalaya a height of 60 m. Crown broadly conical. Branches horizontally spreading. Bark dark gray, rough and scaly. Shoots red-brown, deeply grooved, pubescent in the grooves. Buds large, globose, resinous. Needles on the upper side of the shoot arranged in several ranks, leaving a V-shaped depression between them, 2-6 cm long, with emarginate apex; upper surface dark green and glossy, with 2 broad stomata bands beneath. Cones cylindrical, 14-20 cm long and about 7 cm thick, violet-purple when young, later brown; seed scales 1.5-2 cm wide; bract scales concealed. Native to E. Asia - Himalayas from Afghanistan to Nepal. The leaves are astringent, carminative, expectorant, stomachic and tonic. They are used in the treatment of asthma, bronchitis etc. The leaf juice is antiperiodic.
| Botanical Name: | Abies spectabilis L. |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Synonyms: | Talispatra, Abies webbiana (Lindl.) |
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| Parts Used: | Leaves |
| Extraction Method: | Steam Distillation, |
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