Sofia grass

Ginger grass or " Sofia grass oil diSerS in characters entirely from palmaroea or " Moiia " grass od. It has the following eharaclers —... 

The " Motia grass yields the important commercial oil, palmarosa oil, whilst the " Sofia grass yields the less valuable and quite different ginger-grQiSB oil. 

Ginger grass or Sofia grass oil differs in characters entirely from palmarosa or Motia grass oil. It has the following characters —... 

A distinction is made between two varieties of the grass Sofia and "motla, but st is for the present undecided whpthev they are hotanioaJ varieties, or only different condiiiousof maiiiiniy of ihe same species. 

These oils are distilled in India from the grass Gymbopogon Martini (Andropogon Schoenanthus Linn.). There are two forms of this grass, known in India as " Motia and Sofia, but their botanical differences are not yet established. 

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