It is an aromatic flowering herb that is distributed throughout Nepal at an elevation of 3600 to 5700 m and extracted oil is highly fragrant and from steam distilled of roots and stem of cedarwood grown in the high mountainous region of Nepal. This essential oil has a sweet and woody aroma. Major components P-methyl acetophenone, Atlante, sesquiterpene(a and b-itimochalene, itimachalol etc)