Kaffir lime leaf essential oil
Citrus hystrix
Lá chanh · Rutaceae
Dry lime with a leafy edge, and a pungent note the peel does not have.
It lacks the juiciness of the peel entirely, but makes up for it by lasting much longer: lime peel fades within half an hour, while the leaf stays until the end of the session.
Anyone who has shredded lime leaves over a plate of boiled chicken knows this smell. What few people notice is that the leaf has to be cut to release it; left whole it is almost silent, because the oil sits in tiny pockets that only break when cut.
- Plant part
- Leaves
- Vietnamese name
- Lá chanh
- Scent family
- Green
- Plant family
- Rutaceae
- 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 Kaffir lime leaf
This oil is in the catalogue but no lot has been brought in, so it is not on sale yet. Message us if you need it — what we stock next depends on what buyers ask for.
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: Rutaceae Cold-pressed lemon peel · Grapefruit · Lemon · Lime peel · Orange peel · Pomelo peel · Red mandarin
Also from the leaves Cinnamon leaf · Cypress · East Indian lemongrass · Green myrtle · Guava leaf · Lemongrass · Lolot pepper leaf · Ponderosa pine
Same method: direct steam distillation Blue tansy · Cinnamon leaf · Guava leaf · Larch / Tamarack · Lolot pepper leaf · Mastic · Rosalina · Wild ginger