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| backhousia_citriodora_f._muell [2016/11/23 06:57] – andreas | backhousia_citriodora_f._muell [2026/01/29 10:18] (aktuell) – andreas |
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| Evergreen tree, up to 20m high, native to Australia; leaves opposite, simple, narrow-elliptical, dark green above, pale below; flowers in terminal, umbel-like clusters, creamy white. \\ | Evergreen tree, up to 20m high, native to Australia; leaves opposite, simple, narrow-elliptical, dark green above, pale below; flowers in terminal, umbel-like clusters, creamy white. \\ |
| [[http://floragreatlakes.info/html/rfspecies/lemonmyrtle.html|Flora of the Mid North Coast of New South Wales online]] [[http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp14/backhousia-citriodora.html|Australian National Botanic Gardens. | [[http://floragreatlakes.info/html/rfspecies/lemonmyrtle.html|Flora of the Mid North Coast of New South Wales online]] \\ |
| | [[http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp14/backhousia-citriodora.html|Australian National Botanic Gardens. |
| Backhousia citriodora]] | Backhousia citriodora]] |
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| "The common name reflects the strong lemon smell of the crushed leaves. "Lemon scented myrtle" was the primary common name until the shortened trade name, "lemon myrtle", was created by the native foods industry to market the leaf for culinary use. Lemon myrtle is now the more common name for the plant and its products... B.citriodora has two essential oil chemotypes: The citral chemotype is more prevalent and is cultivated in Australia for flavouring and essential oil. Citral as an isolate in steam distilled lemon myrtle oil is typically 90-98%, and oil yield 1-3% from fresh leaf. It is the highest natural source of citral. The citronellal chemotype is uncommon, and can be used as an insect repellent." [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backhousia_citriodora]] | "The common name reflects the strong lemon smell of the crushed leaves. "Lemon scented myrtle" was the primary common name until the shortened trade name, "lemon myrtle", was created by the native foods industry to market the leaf for culinary use. Lemon myrtle is now the more common name for the plant and its products... B.citriodora has two essential oil chemotypes: The citral chemotype is more prevalent and is cultivated in Australia for flavouring and essential oil. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citral|Citral]] as an isolate in steam distilled lemon myrtle oil is typically 90-98%, and oil yield 1-3% from fresh leaf. It is the highest natural source of citral. The [[http://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/data/rw1032651.html|citronellal]] chemotype is uncommon, and can be used as an insect repellent." [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backhousia_citriodora|wikipedia]] |
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| |{{:citral.jpg}} \\ [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citral|Citral]] \\ (geranial, neral) | {{:citronellal.jpg}} \\ [[http://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/data/rw1032651.html|citronellal]] | | |{{:citral.jpg}} \\ citral (geranial, neral) | {{:citronellal.jpg}} \\ citronellal | |
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| "B. citriodora F. Muell. was found to exist as two chemotypes in which either citral or citronellal predominated." \\ | "B. citriodora F. Muell. was found to exist as two chemotypes in which either citral or citronellal predominated." \\ |
| [Backhousia citriodora F. Muell.(Myrtaceae), a superior source of citral., Southwell, I.A., Russell, M., Smith, R.L., Archer, D.W., Journal of Essential Oil Research, Vol.12(6), 2000, 735-741] | [Backhousia citriodora F. Muell.(Myrtaceae), a superior source of citral., Southwell, I.A., Russell, M., Smith, R.L., Archer, D.W., Journal of Essential Oil Research, Vol.12(6), 2000, 735-741] |
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| The CO2-extract contains essential oil (85-95%) with neral (30-40%) and geranial (55-70%), further traces of citronellol, geraniol and citronellal. [[http://www.flavex.com/fileadmin/flavex.de/user_upload/Spezifikation/Deutsch/Spezi_Zitronenmyrte_CO2-se_Extrakt_oekol_209_004.pdf]] | Commercial CO2-extracts are reddish-brown fluids containing essential oil (85-95%) with main components neral (30-40%) and geranial (55-70%) and traces of citronellol, geraniol and citronellal. [[https://www.flavex.com/produkt/209_004/|Flavex Zitronenmyrte CO2-se Extrakt]] [[https://www.flavex.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/Spezi/DE_Spezi_Zitronenmyrte_CO2-se_Extrakt_oekol_209_004.pdf|PDF]] (retrieved 2026-01-29) |
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| Backhousia citriodora, Botanischer Garten Berlin-Dahlem, | Backhousia citriodora, Queensland, Australia (2024) © Matthew Sean Hemmings [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/|CC BY-SA 4.0]] [[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=122826|inaturalist.org]] |
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| | VIDEO: [[https://player.vimeo.com/video/879651897|Lemon Myrtle (Vimeo)]] (Australian native Products) |
