Fingerroot essential oil
Boesenbergia rotunda
Ngải bún · Zingiberaceae
Camphor, earth, warmth, with a surprisingly thin floral layer underneath. It is closer to galangal than to ginger.
The rhizome grows in clusters like fingers, and in Thailand it is a familiar spice in fish dishes. Its oil carries camphor and 1,8-cineole in the opening, while the floral layer behind comes from geraniol, the compound usually found in rose and palmarosa.
In Vietnam the plant is little used in cooking and almost nobody distils it. It is in the catalogue because it is a member of the ginger family that grows here, and because that floral layer sets it apart from every other root in the family.
- Plant part
- Rhizome
- Vietnamese name
- Ngải bún
- Scent family
- Spicy
- Plant family
- Zingiberaceae
- Lots published
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Published lots
No lots yet. When the first lot arrives, its GC/MS analysis will be published here — unedited, with the lot number printed on the bottle label.
Buy Fingerroot
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Elsewhere in the catalogue
No lot of this oil yet. The oils below are close to it botanically or in how they are extracted — some of them already have lots.
Same plant family: Zingiberaceae Amomum · Cardamom · Galangal · Ginger · Turmeric
Also from the rhizome Galangal · Ginger · Spikenard · Turmeric · Wild ginger
Same method: direct steam distillation Cardamom · Engelmann spruce · Frankincense · Indian patchouli · Mugwort · Tarragon · White pine · Ylang ylang