Detailed Product Description

Botanical Name: Eucalyptus globulus

Plant Family: Myrtaceae
Common Name: Tasmanian Blue Gum
Origin: Indigenous to Australia. It is now found in North and South Africa, China, India, southern Europe and California, USA
Description: A tall evergreen tree which can grow to over 100 meters. The trunk is covered with peeling, papery bark. The leaves on the young plant are opposite, sessile, soft, oblong pointed and a hoary blue color. The mature leaves are alternate, petioled, leathery, shaped like a Arabian sword. The flowers are solitary, auxiliary and white, with no petals and a woody calyx. The fruit is a hard, four-celled, and many-seeded capsule enclosed in the calyx cup.
Medicinal Parts used: Leaves and essential oil.
Method of Extraction: Double Steam Distilled
Chemical composition: The main chemical components of Eucalyptus are:
Camphene, Citronellal, Fenchene, Phellandrene, Cineole
Oil Properties: Eucalyptus has a clear, sharp, fresh and very di