Species Utilised
Commercial cineole-based eucalyptus oils are produced from several species of Eucalyptus:
- Eucalyptus cneorifolia
- Eucalyptus dives
- Eucalyptus dumosa
- Eucalyptus globulus
- Eucalyptus goniocalyx
- Eucalyptus horistes
- Eucalyptus kochii
- Eucalyptus leucoxylon
- Eucalyptus oleosa
- Eucalyptus polybractea
- Eucalyptus radiata
- Eucalyptus sideroxylon
- Eucalyptus smithii
- Eucalyptus tereticornis
- Eucalyptus viridis
Non-cineole oil producing species:
- Eucalyptus dives - phellandrene variant
- Eucalyptus dives - piperitone variant
- Eucalyptus elata - piperitone variant
- Eucalyptus macarthurii - geranyl acetate
- Eucalyptus olida - methyl cinnamate
- Eucalyptus radiata - phellandrene variant
- Eucalyptus staigeriana - citral, limonene
The former lemon eucalyptus species Eucalyptus citriodora is now classified as Corymbia citriodora, which produces a citronellal-based oil.
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