Sometimes generally known as the white tea tree, the Cajuput tree comes from the Malayan seaside plains. An evergreen, strenuous growing plant, it can achieve up to 98 ft (30 meters) and has a white-colored spongy bark with a twisted trunk. It is known in the historical Indian as Kayaputi and was also recognized in the Eastern regions for all its uses. Not only was it used as an ingredient in beauty products and fragrances, it was also well known for its antiseptic qualities and was a conventional solution for the abdomen, for rheumatism, cholera and as an pesticide.
Well known for their pointed leaves, strange flowers, flexible trunk and attractive white bark, Cajuput plants bear their nativity to the South Asian countries and are now hugely distributed in Australia, North America, some parts of Europe, Malay Peninsula, with the Philippines and Vietnam being the major manufacturers of Cajeput essential oil.
The tree is extremely significant for its fragrant leaves and inflorescence, although usually, the tree, from its leaves down to the bark of the plant itself, is packed with a fragrance not at all different from a mixture of mint and cloves, or that of camphor. Because of its extremely fragrant characteristics, the results in, blossoms, and sometimes even the bark and the branches of Cajeput plants are collected and prepared via vapor distillation to obtain important oil of Cajuput, which is employed for a number of reasons, both aesthetic and therapeutic.
Prior to the development of athanors which made vapor distillation and essential oil extraction possible, the leave and peel of the plant were generally dry and decocted, eliciting the same therapeutic objective when consumed or intoxicated as do the important oils, but is usually more sluggish than the latter.
Such essential oils were gradually incorporated into the world of perfumery, where it was used for including sharp, heated, and hot notes into perfumes. Almost all Cajuput oil, which is manufactured these days are still extracted via vapor distillation, although phosphorus pentoxide is often included as a preservative, to help avoid the deterioration of the oil. Some oils which are categorized as 'low-grade' are often adulterated with other important oils, often that of peppermint and camphor (these being as near to the unique fragrance of Cajuput as possible), and sometimes even turpentine or nutrient oil.
Well known for their pointed leaves, strange flowers, flexible trunk and attractive white bark, Cajuput plants bear their nativity to the South Asian countries and are now hugely distributed in Australia, North America, some parts of Europe, Malay Peninsula, with the Philippines and Vietnam being the major manufacturers of Cajeput essential oil.
The tree is extremely significant for its fragrant leaves and inflorescence, although usually, the tree, from its leaves down to the bark of the plant itself, is packed with a fragrance not at all different from a mixture of mint and cloves, or that of camphor. Because of its extremely fragrant characteristics, the results in, blossoms, and sometimes even the bark and the branches of Cajeput plants are collected and prepared via vapor distillation to obtain important oil of Cajuput, which is employed for a number of reasons, both aesthetic and therapeutic.
Prior to the development of athanors which made vapor distillation and essential oil extraction possible, the leave and peel of the plant were generally dry and decocted, eliciting the same therapeutic objective when consumed or intoxicated as do the important oils, but is usually more sluggish than the latter.
Such essential oils were gradually incorporated into the world of perfumery, where it was used for including sharp, heated, and hot notes into perfumes. Almost all Cajuput oil, which is manufactured these days are still extracted via vapor distillation, although phosphorus pentoxide is often included as a preservative, to help avoid the deterioration of the oil. Some oils which are categorized as 'low-grade' are often adulterated with other important oils, often that of peppermint and camphor (these being as near to the unique fragrance of Cajuput as possible), and sometimes even turpentine or nutrient oil.