Appendix I: Spice and Essential Oil Products and their Growing Regions
Table 2d: Spice and Essential oil crop products from leaves and stems for world climate zones (Köppen's)
Species |
Common Name |
Family |
Habit |
Plant part(s) used as source(s) of product |
Product 1 |
Climate Zone 2 |
Salvia lavandulifolia |
Spanish sage |
Lamiaceae |
Perennial herb |
Aerial parts |
EO |
Bs, Cs, Do* |
Salvia officinalis |
Dalmatian Sage |
Lamiaceae |
Perennial shrub |
Aerial parts |
S, EO |
Aw, Bs, Cs, Do, Dc, Df, Dw |
Salvia sclarea |
Clary sage |
Lamiaceae |
Perennial herb |
Aerial parts |
EO |
Cs, Do, Dc, Df, Dw |
Sanguisorba minor |
Salad burnet |
Rosaceae |
Perennial herb |
Leaves |
S |
Bs, Cf, Cs, Cw |
Santolina chamaecyparissus |
Lavender cotton |
Asteraceae |
Perennial shrub |
Leaves |
EO |
Cs, Do |
Satureja hortensis |
Summer savory |
Lamiaceae |
Annual herb |
Aerial parts |
EO |
Bs, Cs, Do, Dc, Df, Dw |
Satureja montana |
Winter savory |
Lamiaceae |
Perennial shrub |
Aerial parts |
EO |
Cs, Do, Dc, Df, Dw |
Satureja viminea |
Jamaican savory |
Lamiaceae |
Perennial shrub |
Aerial parts |
EO |
Aw, Ar* |
Skimmia laureola |
Skimmia |
Rutaceae |
Perennial shrub |
Leaves |
EO |
Bs, Cf* |
Smyrnium olusatrum |
Alexanders |
Apiacea |
Biennial herb |
Leaves, seed |
S |
Bs, Cs, Do* |
Syzygium cumini |
Jambolan |
Myrtaceae |
Perennial tree |
Leaves |
EO |
Aw, Ar, Cf, Cs, Cw |
Tanacetum vulgare |
Tansy |
Asteraceae |
Perennial herb |
Aerial parts |
EO |
Cs, Do |
Thuja occidentalis |
White Cedar |
Cupressaceae |
Perennial tree |
Leaves |
EO |
Dc, E* |
Thymus capitatus |
Conehead thyme |
Lamiaceae |
Perennial shrub |
Aerial parts |
S, EO |
Bs, Cs* |
Thymus satureioides |
Red thyme |
Lamiaceae |
Perennial shrub |
Aerial parts |
S, EO |
Bs, Cs* |
Thymus serpyllum |
Wild thyme |
Lamiaceae |
Perennial shrub |
Aerial parts |
S, EO |
Bs, Cs, Do, Dc |
Thymus vulgaris |
Common Thyme |
Lamiaceae |
Perennial shrub |
Aerial parts |
S, EO |
Aw, Ar, Bs, Cs, Do, Dc, Df, Dw |
Thymus zygis |
Spanish Thyme |
Lamiaceae |
Perennial shrub |
Aerial parts |
S, EO |
Bs, Cs, Do* |
Trigonella caerulea |
Blue fenugreek |
Fabaceae |
Annual herb |
Leaf, seed |
S |
Bs, Cf, Cs, Dc, Do* |
Tsuga canadensis |
Canada hemlock |
Pinaceae |
Perennial tree |
Leaves |
EO |
Cf, Dc, E* |
Tsuga heterophylla |
Western hemlock |
Pinaceae |
Perennial tree |
Leaves |
EO |
Do, E* |
Verbena officinalis |
vervain |
Verbenaceae |
Perennial herb |
Aerial parts |
S, EO |
Cs, Do, Dc |
Viola odorata |
Violet |
Violaceae |
Perennial herb |
Leaves, flowers |
A |
Bs, Cf, Cs, Dc, Do* |
Vitex negundo |
Chaste tree |
Verbenaceae |
Perennial tree |
Leaves, stems, bark |
EO |
Aw, Ar* |
1 The product classification used is: A: absolute; C: concrete; E: extract; EO: essential oil; R: resin; S: spice (or herb).
2 The climate biome classifications as per FAO website ( http://ecocrop.fao.org ) are: Ar: tropical wet, Aw: tropical wet & dry, Bw: desert or arid, Bs: steppe or semiarid, Cf: subtropical humid, Cs: subtropical dry summer, Cw: subtropical dry winter, Dc: temperate continental, Df: temperate with humid winters, Do: temperate oceanic, Dw: temperate with dry winters, E: boreal.
When the species did not have a biome requirement listed on the FAO ecocrop web site, this was estimated by the authors and acknowledged with an asterisk.