Cajuput Oil (aromatherapy)

Cajuput oil is a volatile oil obtained by distillation from the leaves of the myrtaceous trees Melaleuca leucadendra, The oil is prepared from leaves collected on a hot dry day, macerated in water, and distilled after fermenting for a night. This oil is extremely pungent, and has the odour of a mixture of turpentine and camphor. It consists mainly of cineol (see terpenes), from which cajuputene, having a hyacinth-like odour, can be obtained by distillation with phosphorus pentoxide.

melaleuca leucadendron

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Cajuput Oil is a colorless, pale yellow, greenish or turquoise-colored, mobile liquid of powerful. fresh, eucalyptus-like, camphoraceous odor and a burning-aromatic taste. Characteristic are the almost fruity-sweet body notes and the soft tones in   the dryout. The green color is not an indication that the oil is genuine. This was earlier assumed. and many price lists emphasized that the green color was synonymous with genuineness.
Arctander, Steffen . Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin (p. 132).
CAS Number

8008-98-8
Binomial name

Melaleuca leucadendron
Odour description

at 100.00 %. sweet fresh herbal rosemary eucalyptus camphoreous green minty fruity woody
Luebke, William tgsc, (1987)
taste description

herbal camphoreous fruity eucalyptus minty rosemary winey woody
Luebke, William tgsc, (1987)