Other Uses and Utilization of Vetiver

摘要

In addition to being used to perform specific functions in soil and water conservation, environmental protection, etc., vetiver plant has also a few other uses, e.g. as forage for livestock ornamentals, and miscellaneous other uses. Harvested vetiver leaves, culms and roots are utilized after some degree of processing in various ways, e.g. as input of agriculture- related activities (mulch, compost, nursery block/ planting medium, animal feed stuff, mushroom cultivation, botanical pesticides, and allelopathy) , handicraft and art works, medicinal applications, fragrance, input of construction- related activities (roof thatch, hut, mud brick, vetiver-clay composite storage bin, veneer / fiber board, artificial pozzalans, ash for concrete work, and straw bale), containers (pottery, melamine utensils, water containers), bouquet, energy sources (ethanol, green fuel), industrial products (pulp and paper, panel), and miscellaneous other utilization. This paper also discusses: (i) the main objective of growing vetiver, (ii) the growing of vetiver as a cash crop for utilization, (iii) the ecological benefit of growing vetiver, and (iv) botanical pesticides from vetiver.