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.