Patchouli or Kablin PRODUCT NAME
Pogostemon cablin Benth. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Patchouli or Kablin |
| Local Name: | Kabiling (Pampanga); Kablin (Ilocos Sur, Abra, Bontoc, Tagalog); Kabling (Ilocos Sur, Bulacan, Laguna, Mindoro); Kadlin (Batangas); Kadling (Rizal); Kadlom, Kadlum (Tagalog, Camarines, Albay, Sorsogon, Leyte); Sarok (Igorot). |
| Family: | Labiatae |
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| Product Description: | An erect, branched, hairy herb 0.5-1m in height. It is aromatic when crushed. The leaves are opposite, pointed at the tip, and usually obtusely pointed at the broad base. The margins are coarsely and doubly toothed. The flowers are borne in terminal and axillary spikes which are 2-8cm long and 1-2.5cm in diameter. The corolla is pink-purple and 8mm long |
| NTFP Classification: | Exudates and extracts, Other commercial and industrial uses |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species is found throughout the Philippines in cultivation and is also wild |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | leaves, leaflets |
| Uses: | The leaves are extracted and used in preparing perfume oil |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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