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Product: Guaiacwood Oil
Chopped guaiacwood logs ready for grinding
Pre-grinned guaiacwood oil ready for distillation
Guaiacwood distillation
Guaiacwood Oil Paraguay Bulnesia Sarmientoi
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Description
Locally Called “Palo Santo” meaning “sacred wood” in Spanish, guaiacwood is traditionally used as an incense.
Paraguay is the largest producer and exporter of guaiacwood oil having first commercialised production in the late 1930’s.
It is also used in South America as a hard wood for furniture and over use in recent years has led to the product being CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) restricted. This controls the amount of harvesting and regulates trade.
Guaiacwood grows in the Gran Chaco region of Paraguay. Its heartwood produces an essential oil with a woody, sweet, lactone odour, somewhat similar to some sandalwoods.
It’s a relatively inexpensive oil for the ‘woody’ ingredient family, making it a valuable essential oil for many fragrances especially in the detergent sector.
Its main components are sesquiterpene alcohols, guaiol and bulnesol, which make up about 85 % of the oil.
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Product Details
- Botanical name: Bulnesia Sarmientoi
- Origin: Paraguay
- Crop Season: All Year
- Plant/part used: Wood
- Method of extraction: Steam distillation
- TSCA CAS: 8016-23-7
- EINECS CAS: 84394-86-5
- EINECS: 289-632-8
- Appearance: Yellow to dark brown semi-solid liquid
- Organoleptic Properties: Woody & floral rosey tones
- Chemical constituents: Guaiol and bulnesol
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Latest Market Information August 1, 2024
Guaiacum sanctum is an evergreen tree native to the dry coastal areas of the Bahamas, West Indies, Florida Keys, central America, and northern parts of South America. It is a slow-growing, broad-leaf shrub that is popular globally for possessing the most resilient and hardest wood in the world. This small tree can withstand drought but cannot grow without proper sunlight. It prefers well-drained soil that is neutral or mildly acidic. A mixture of wood and sawdust from the tree is steam-distilled to produce guaiac wood oil. The oil has numerous health benefits due to its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antiseptic nature. It has a sweet, woody, rose-like aroma and is used in making multiple skin care products and perfumes. CITES has not raised any issues regarding the product. There is decent production of the oil, and it is available on the market.
Market prices : USD 30.00 /kilo -
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