Lavandin Cultivar Profile/ Sumian - Snowy River Lavender

LAVANDULA X. INTERMEDIA ‘SUMIAN’ – EARTHY & REFRESHING

The French lavandin Sumian as a summer display is a profusion of conical mauve flower spikes swirling on long stems like a snake haired medusa – a daunting plant to approach with sickle in hand at harvest time.

ESSENTIAL OIL

The essential oil from the Sumian cultivar is a linalool chemotype with the purity of the lavender top notes freshened further by the invigorating green aromas of the Australian bush through the significant presence of camphor and 1, 8 cineole. Together they account for around 20% of the total chemistry of the Sumian oil. Further to this a limonene content of up to 5% hints at green citrus leaf and reinforces this essential oil’s refreshing character. These fresh notes slowly give way to the earthy pepper of borneol (3.19 – 4.16%) and the subtle honey sweetness of 3-octanone (up to 1.8%). Together the significant levels of these compounds give the Sumian essential oil a long earthy sweet finish.

HYDROSOL

The hydrosol derived from the L. x Sumian cultivar has a peppery herbaceous aroma with hints of eucalyptus honey typical of most L. x intermedia hydrosols. As with all our lavandin hydrosols Sumian comes off the still with a pH level well below 4.5.

TYPICAL PHYTOCHEMICAL PROFILE RANGE, L.X. SUMIAN 2005 – 2014

linalool 29.16 – 35.82 • linalyl acetate 15.44 – 24.02 • lavandulol trace • lavandulyl acetate 0.20 – 0.65 •limonene/ ß-phellandrene 1.63 -5.35 • octen -3-ol 0.19 – 0.29 • 1,8-cineole 9.42 – 11.79 •cis-ß-ocimene 3.71 – 6.76 • trans-ß-ocimene 1.73 – 3.10 • 3-octanone 0.82 – 1.82 • octen-3-yl acetate 0.29 – 0.45 • geranyl acetate 0.17 -0.34 • neryl acetate 0.10 – 0.19 • camphor 8.43 – 11.33 •borneol 3.19 – 4.16 • terpinen-4-ol trace • α- terpineol 0.41 -0.91 • ß – caryophyllene 0.93 – 1.25 • (E)-beta-farsenene 0.47 – 0.60 • α –santalene 0.12 • α –pinene 0.57 • ß – pinene 0.57 •myrcene 0.80 • camphene 0.54