Author(s): Beriso M. Buta, Abdela B. Kinki
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) is a perennial crop that belongs to the Lamiaceae family. This study aimed to examine the essential oil compositions of two lavender cultivars grown in Wondo Genet, Ethiopia. The chemical composition of essential oils obtained by hydro-distillation from fresh leave and flowers of lavender samples were analyzed using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). The result showed that the major essential oil constituents obtained in flowering lavender were camphor 1,8-cineole, β-Pinene, beta-caryophyllene oxide, Isooctyl alcohol, endo-Borneol, and thujene. The major compound obtained in local lavender essential oils were 1,8-cineole, camphor, β-Pinene, endo-Borneol, alpha. Terpineol, beta-phellandrene, and 1,3-cyclopentadiene. The major compounds found in this study were reported in other research findings done on the same sample. Some compounds found in one cultivar didn’t find in the other. For instance, thujene, trans-beta-ocimene, and verbenone were found in only flowering lavender whereas beta-phellandrene, trans-β-terpineol, alpha-bisabolol, and adamantane were found only in local lavender. This shows the slight difference between the two cultivars.
