A yellow to brownish-yellow liquid with a distinctive warm-woody and yet fresh, grassy odour.
 
Botanical name
Cymbopogon nardus
 
Origin
Nepal
 
Method of extraction
Steam distillation
 
Major constituents
A typical chemical composition of Citronella Essential Oil: Citronella oil from Java contains not less than 85% alcohols and 15% aldehydes while the oil from Sri Lanka contains 55-65% acetylizable alcohols (geraniol) and 7-15% total aldehydes (citronellal).