# ISO 4727:1988 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 4727:1988, item title is Oil of palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii (Roxburgh) W. Watson var. motia); status code is 9599; successor is ISO/NP 4727 | ISO/WD 4727 | ISO 4727:2021; withdrawn / published date is 1988-05-12, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 4727:1988 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Oil of palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii (Roxburgh) W. Watson var. motia) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO/NP 4727 | ISO/WD 4727 | ISO 4727:2021 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 1988-05-12 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 10710,IS,,ISO 4727:1988,Oil of palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii (Roxburgh) W. Watson var. motia),Huile essentielle de palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii (Roxburgh) W. Watson var. motia),1988-05-12,1,['71.100.60'],ISO/TC 54,9599,,"[45644,25316,79148]","['en','fr']",4,"

The Standard specifies the following characteristics of the oil. Appearance: Clear, mobile liquid. Colour: Pale yellow. Odour: Characteristic rose like, with grassy note. Relative density at 20/20 °C: 0,880 - 0,894. Refractive index at 20 °C: 1,4710 - 1,4780. Optical rotation at 20 °C: Range from - 1,4 to + 3 . Miscibility with 70 % (V/V) ethanol at 20 °C: 1 : 2. Acid value: Maximum 1,0. Further on permissible values for ester valu ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).