Passaro Exports based in Chennai, India is a leading exporter of vetiver essential oil, vetiver/khus grass, vetiver roots and a wide range of handicrafts made of vetiver.
VetiVer, commonly known as Khus grass is a perennial grass of Indian origin. Vetiver roots contain fragrant essential oil, which is a perfume by itself. Aroma chemicals such as vetriverol, vetriverone and vetriveryl acetate are prepared from this volatile oil. in India it is mainly used in perfumes, cosmetics, aromatherapy, food and flavoring industries. Since the plant has extensive finely structured fibrous roots, it is useful in both soil and water conservation and the plant itself is drought tolerant. the world production of vetiver oil is around 300 tons per annum of which India contributes about 20-25 tons only. the world major producers are Haiti, India, Java and reunion. In India it is cultivated in the states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, with an annual production of about 20 tons of oil. The present consumption of vetiver oil in India is about 100 tonnes and 80% of the domestic consumption is met by imports only.
VETIVER ESSENTIAL OIL
The vetiver oil would have the following specifications:
| Parameters | South Indian | North Indian |
| Colour | Brown | reddish green |
| Specific gravity at 30 ºC | 0.990 – 1.015 | 1.512 – 1.523 |
| Optical rotation | +10º to +25º | -50 º to -132º |
| Refractive index at 30 ºC | 1.516 – 1.530 | 1.512 – 1.523 |
| Saponification value | 25-50 | 25-80 |
| Saponification value after acetylated oil | 125 – 155 | 145 – 200 |
Gas Liquid Chromatography composition of vetiver oil:
Vetiver oil or khus oil is a complex oil containing over 100 identified components, mainly sesquiterpenes. the characteristic constituents were veteverol (45-80%), ß-vetispirene (1.6-4.5%), khusimol (3.4-13.7%), vetiselinenol (1.3- 7.8%) and vetivone (2.5- 6.3%). Besides these components, trace amounts of benzoic acid, vetivene, furfurol, khusemene, khusimone, ß-humulene, valencene, ß-vetivone, selinine etc. are also present in the oil.
Passaro International Trading Company,
87, Babu Nagar III Main Road,
Medavakkam,
Chennai 600100, Tamilnadu
India
+91 44 4286 9063/+91 98844 80980
https://www.vetiver.org/IND_Vetiver_essential%20oil%20prod%20in%20India.pdf
You may also be interested in this manufacturer of handicrafts:
One thought on “Passaro Exports”