Buchu

Buchu is the common name of Agathosma betulina, an aromatic shrub of the citrus family native to the Western Cape of South Africa. Its leaves are rich in volatile oil, and Nustras supplies buchu leaf as a dried cut leaf, a leaf powder and a leaf extract for use as a botanical ingredient in herbal, flavour and cosmetic formulations.

Buchu leaf is formulated into herbal supplements in capsule, tablet and powder form, into multi-botanical blends and herbal teas, into flavour applications where its characteristic blackcurrant-like note is wanted, and into cosmetic and fragrance formulations.

The leaf powder is a green to greyish-green powder with a strong aromatic odour; the extract is a brown powder standardised to specification. Identity is confirmed by thin-layer chromatography against a buchu reference, and loss on drying, ash, foreign matter, heavy-metal and microbial limits are supplied to specification and confirmed on each lot's certificate of analysis.

Nustras supplies buchu leaf in bulk commercial quantities, in food-grade bags and fibre drums, to manufacturers and formulators internationally, with a certificate of analysis, specification sheet and country-of-origin documentation on every lot. Buchu leaf is an accepted herbal ingredient in major supplement and flavour markets; buyers confirm the permitted species, plant part and claim for their application. Contact us for grade, pricing per kilogram and lead time.