AJOWAN OIL

Ajowan is also known as Bishop’s weed. It is a small erect shrub and has soft, fine feathery leaves. The seeds are gray colored. Ajowan looks like wild parsley, similar to celery, caraway and cumin seeds and is native to India. The plant flowers in about two months and the fruit is harvested when the flower heads turn brown. They are pulled out, dried on mats and separated by rubbing with the hands or feet. . The essential oil of ajowan is obtained by steam distillation of dried seeds of Trachyspermum ammi.  Essential oil consisting primarily of thymol, gamma-terpinene,  p-cymene, and more than 20 trace compounds which are predominantly terpenoids.

Appearance.                                         Free flowing liquid.

Colour.                                                   Pale yellow to brownish yellow.

Odour.                                                   Characteristic aromatic smell.

Refractive index.                                  1.490  to  1.5150.

Optional Rotation.                                +0  to +6.

Specific gravity.                                    0.890  to  0.960.

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