Damask Rose India (Rosa damascena) - [Supplier & Exporter] Hydrosol, Essential Oil & Absolute

Описание

Damask rose
(Rosa damascena Mill) commonly known as Damask rose (Gulab) is the most
important source of rose products like rose oil, rose concrete, absolute and rose
water. They are highly expensive base materials for perfumery, flavor, cosmetic,
pharmaceutical and food industries. The oil has antibacterial, antidepressant,
antispasmodic properties. It is a wonderful skin toner and anti-wrinkling agent. Rose
oil is used for compounding and to give characteristic rose odour with distinctive
floral tonality. Rose products have good demand in India as well in other countries.

Rose products
Besides rose oil other value added products are obtained from rose flowers. Rose
attar is used in perfumery based on sandalwood or paraffin oil. Gul-e-Roghan is
prepared from dry rose petals for making hair oils. Gul-kand is prepared by mixing
fresh rose petals with sugar used as laxative and in Kashmiri Khawa. Rose hips are
a good source of Vitamin C. Rose concrete is produced by extracting fresh rose
flowers with the organic solvent, (Perfumery grade hexane). Rose absolute is
prepared from rose concrete by refluxing with 90% alcohol followed by filtration and
removal of undesired fats and solvent traces. Rose water of different grades is
prepared by distilling rose petals. In India 60-70% damask rose is used for
preparation of rose water used in religious ceremonies and as a coolant in soft
drinks. Rose water and dry rose flowers are also used in traditional system of Indian
medicine, sometimes they are also used as food adjuvants. Various rose preparations are being used as an astringent, tonic, mild laxative, antibacterial in the
treatment of sore throat, enlarged tonsils, cardiac troubles, eye diseases, gall stones,
cooling effect and as vehicle for other medicines


Economics
Flower yield 35-40 qtls/hac
Oil recovery 0.025-0.03 %
Oil yield 0.75 -- 1.0 kg
Sale price of oil Rs. 2.25 lakhs/ kg
Gross return 1.68-2.25
Cost of production 0.60 -- 0.70 lakhs
Net profit/ hac 1.08- 1.55 lakhs


Besides lavender and rose other aromatic plants like clarysage, rosemary, geranium,
peppermint and tagetes can be also processed for essential oils. These aromatic
plants have been selected on the basis of harvesting periods under temperate
climatic conditions so that 6-7 essential oils and their value added products could be
produced in one distillation plant. Thus this bio business is better protected from
market fluctuations at national and international level.


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