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The cultivation of plants in Madagascar cannot be compared with many other countries. Whilst elsewhere trees of a single species are aligned in a field, in Madagascar a wild environment is kept where ravintsara grows next to ''[[eucalyptus Eucalyptus globulus]] '' but also next to plants and non-aromatic trees.

Without the wild environment, the synergy between species would be lost. Plants need to breathe and sense. We must listen to Jean Claude, the modest grandson of a medical doctor, depositary of remedies collected by his grandfather from healers, who will tell you about the plants, their sensitivity, their stress before a hurricane. Resting time, which allows the plants to regenerate between pickings, is also respected. It and can reach up to four years depending on the species! Harvesting of plant organs is done in jute or cotton bags to prevent maceration. Partial drying is necessary in case of rain in order to reduce the amount of water contained in the plant. And if so, we will only dry one type of plant at the time to avoid contamination and to ensure the right balance of chemical properties.

In short, the plants are treated at for the level of treasure they are. And it is not finisheddoesn't stop there! Distillation over a wood fire, most of the time, is the other another added value added to the Malagasy essential oils. In other countries it is done with regular gas heat.

But firewood allows a variation of temperature and which leads, as we have seen, to a more complete extraction. Parts The large molecules of the plant, the large molecules, plants do not extract at a constant temperature as that of if using gas. To be convinced of the importance of this , one need needs only to observe the technicians of at the Homeopharma distillery in [[Ambila]] on the [[Canal des Pangalanes]], located on the east coast of Madagascar. Here they are working to add Their work procedure involves adding a piece of wood to light the fire and then remove thereafter removing it to cause the curve of reach the desired temperature, causing a gradual temperature change.

Also And there is not much spoilminimum waste, the produces although essential oils are a luxury item; they which normally require a lot of raw material. For example, 390 kilos of niaouli flowers give only 2.2 liters of oil!