Essential oils · Medicinal family
Ravintsara ct 1,8-cineole essential oil
Cinnamomum camphora ct. 1,8-cineole
Ravintsara · Lauraceae
Cool, clean, airy, close to eucalyptus but softer and sweeter. It lacks the harsh edge of blue gum eucalyptus.
The main compound is 1,8-cineole. What is remarkable is that the tree it comes from is the camphor tree itself, Cinnamomum camphora. Grown in Madagascar, its leaves contain almost no camphor and are rich in cineole instead, so the same species gives an oil entirely different from Asian camphor.
The name is a trap too. Ravintsara is often confused with ravensara, a completely different tree also from Madagascar, and the two names were used interchangeably for years. The botanical name and chemotype on this page are what untangle the confusion.
- Plant part
- Leaves
- Chemotype
- ct. 1,8-cineole
- Vietnamese name
- Ravintsara
- Scent family
- Medicinal
- Plant family
- Lauraceae
- Lots published
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Published lots
No lots yet. When the first lot arrives, its GC/MS analysis will be published here — unedited, with the lot number printed on the bottle label.
Buy Ravintsara ct 1,8-cineole
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Elsewhere in the catalogue
No lot of this oil yet. The oils below are close to it botanically or in how they are extracted — some of them already have lots.
Same plant family: Lauraceae Camphor ct camphor · Cassia bark · Ceylon cinnamon · Cinnamon leaf · Ho wood · Rosewood
Also from the leaves Balsam fir · Lemon eucalyptus · Lemongrass · Norway pine · Palmarosa · Perilla · Rosalina · Saro
Same method: direct steam distillation Amomum · Clove bud · Eucalyptus dives · Galangal · Palo santo · Rosalina · Saro · White fir