Miracle of Lavander

Fields of lavander have been thriving across Türkiye in recent years. A genus of the mint family of flowers, lavender can reach one meter (3.2 feet) in height and the perennial plant is most common in the Mediterranean region. The plant is mainly grown to make lavender essential oil, one of the most traded oils out of 15 plant oils in the world. Lavender has 48 subspecies, mostly endemic to the Mediterranean, and only three of these have the highest commercial value. Among them are spike lavender and lavandin, which are cultivated in Türkiye’s Isparta, Afyonkarahisar, Denizli, Konya, Kütahya, Muğla, Eskişehir and Antalya.

Lavender oil is widely used in the cosmetics sector while its fragrance and painkilling, calming and insomnia relieving properties make it an essential material in soap and disinfectants. It also serves as a diuretic and relieves pain from rheumatism. Lavender flowers are also used in tea because of their known sedative effects.