Organic Vetiver Essential Oil

This unique product, closely related to grasses like lemongrass and citronella, has stand-out features essential to tropical ways of life. One feature is root growth, which proceeds straight down rather than in typical horizontal mat-like patterns. This makes vetiver effective at preventing soil erosion. Rice farmers have planted it as a boundary around paddies and the highly technical “little green book” – an essential field guide for land developers, ecologists, and economic planners – highlights “the Vetiver System” as a leading management method for problems from soil erosion and slope stabilization to contaminated water cleanup. Once extracted vetiver’s roots remain a life-giving product. The contained oil is remarkably cooling, leading locals to weave roots into fans, door coverings, and hanging mats that are sprinkled with water as a rural air-conditioner. Not only does this keep inhabitants cool, it also disinfects the air, lends a pleasant smell, and wards against disease-bear