Java grass

Polypogon (rabbit s foot grass) Polytrias (Java grass) Psathyrostachys (wild rye) Pseudoroegneria (wheat grass)... 

Vetiver oil is produced by steam distillation of the roots of the grass Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash (Poaceae), which grows wild or is cultivated in many tropical and subtropical countries. The oil is a brown to reddish-brown, viscous liquid with a characteristic precious-wood and rootlike, long-lasting odor. The specifications given in Table 8 refer to oil qualities produced in Reunion,Haiti, Indonesia (Java), and China. 

The oil of vetiver with its aromatic to harsh, woody odor, steam-distilled for perfumery from roots of vetiver grass Vetiveria zizanoides (Poaceae) which is grown chiefly in Haiti, India, and Java, contains some prezizaanes and zizaanes such as (+)-prezizaene, (-)-7-prezizaanol, (-l-)-6(13)-zizaene and (-l-)-6(13)-zizaen-12-ol, also known as khusimol. 

Citronella grass is only found cultivated it is grown particularly in the southern part of Ceylon, and also in the Malacca peninsula and Java in most recent times attempts have also been made to cultivate it in the West Indies. The mother-plant is very probably the wild mana grass, Cymbopogon confertiflorus Stapf, found in Ceylon. 

This oil is distilled from Cymbopogon nardus in Java, the grass being of the Maha Pangiri type. The Singapore distilled oil is of almost exactly the same character. 

The essential oils are obtained by steam distillation of the fresh, partly dried, or dried grass. The Java-type oil is generally considered to be of superior quality to the Ceylon oU. ... 

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