Description

The lemon is a small evergreen tree, with pale green ovate leaves and highly perfumed white and pink flowers. The tree produces fruit all year, so fruits are harvested when rise. The lemon was known to the Greeks and Romans. Virgil called it the ‘Median apple’ because it came from Media near Persia. The peel was used to perfume clothes and repel moths and other insects.

Botanical Name: Citrus limon

Aroma Description: Sweet and fresh

Origin: Argentina

Therapeutic Properties: Lemon has antianemic, antimicrobial, antispasmodic, antiseptic, antiviral, detoxifying, febrifuge, diuretic, haemostatic, hypotensive, insecticidal properties.

Note: Top

Plant Part Used: Peel of the fruit

Extraction Method: Steam distilled

CAS Numbers: 8008-56-8

Certificate of Analysis: Available upon request

Credits: The information provided, has been extracted from books written by Beverley Hawkins, (West Coast Institute of Aromatherapy) Vancouver, Canada. Hawkins, B. (1999). West Coast Institute of Aromatherapy.