Abstract In this study, the mono-sesquiterpenoid composition in the leaves and flowers of Salvia moorcroftiana Wall ex Benth is tracked by probing the contents of individual mono- and sesquiterpenoids in the leaf and flower essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation using a combination of GC and GC/MS techniques. Twenty-seven components belonging to different classes of terpenoids and accounting for 94.8% of the total oil were identified in the floral part. Monoterpene hydrocarbons represented the dominant class (68%). (Z)-β-ocimene (54.5%) was the principal component along with sabinene (10.3%), and β-caryophyllene (9.9%). In the leaves only eleven components accounting for 94.4% of the total oil were identified. The leaf essential oil was almost exclusively composed of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons accounting for 87.7% of the total oil. The principal components present were β-caryophyllene (51.6%) followed by germacrene D (18.5%), bicyclogermacrene (7.1%), α-humulene (4.8%) and α-copaene (3.1%)