急需一种花的英文简介

Lavender Flower

Pharmaceutical name:
Lavandula officinalis Chaix (syn. Lavandula angustifolia Miller)(Labiatae)

Ancient names:
Nardos, Nardostachus (Gr)
Pseudonardus foemina/masculinum (Lat)

Lavender is part of the Labiatae family, comprising a lot of aromatic herbs: thyme, savory, oregano, peppermint, sage etc…
We now find lavender or lavandin on all the continents: tradition tells us that French lavender originated in Persia or the Canary Isles. We find lavender around the Mediterranean, North America, Australia (Tasmania)…
M Felix Eysseric said that he found lavender in Sweden, adapted to the bitter winter cold and probably protected by the snow.

"Lavandula Officinalis (in several varieties) grows wild in the south of France, in Italy, Corsica and Yugoslavia. It is cultivated widely all over the world, however not always succesfully. Some of these areas are in Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, England, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, U.S.S.R, Spain, Tanganyika, Tasmania, Turkey and Yugoslavia.
There is some experimental cultivation and distillation in the far western state of Washington, USA.
English distilled lavender oil from English grown lavender plants deserves special mention. (maybe in another post since I will be focussing on French lavender).
Of the other countries mentioned, only Italy is exporting quantities of any significance.

The production in Tasmania is mainly absorbed by Australia; Japan produces 2-3 metric tons per year which is far from sufficient for its own needs, and even the Russian production does not cover local consumtion.
The annual production in France varies from about 50 metric tons to almost 100 tons.
It is difficult, however, to establish accurate figures for the production of this oil since it is subject to very extensive cutting, adulteration and other kinds of "handling" during which processes many other locally
distilled oils and synthetic perfume materials are used in quantity."
1961

"Although lavender has been taxonomically classified as Lavandula vera de Candolle, L.officinalis
Chaix and L.angustifolia Mill., it is the latter name which is the correct derivation for the commercially grown aromatic member of the Labiatae family (Tucker and Hensen 1985) …The French oil excels all other types in quality, possessing a characteristic sweetness of odor; certain sections of Southern France produce lavender oils with a high ester content unequaled elsewhere.
Other producing regions:
Italy, Southern Russia, Hungary, England, Australia (Tasmania), United States…."