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Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti - syn. Cedrus libani subsp. atlantica (Endl.) Batt. & Trab. - Pinaceae
Atlas cedar, Atlas-Zeder
Large coniferous evergreen tree, 30–35 m tall, native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco.
Atlas cedarwood oil is produced by steam distillation of the sawdust or waste wood of C.atlantica.
„The yield and the chemical composition of Atlas cedarwood oil produced by two distillation modes and seven sample origins were determined. Steam distillation and hydrodistillation gave approximately the same yield (2.5–2.6 mL/100g). The samples from Adrej, Tounfite, Tamjilt and Ajdir gave the highest oil yields. The major constituents in the essential oil were α-himachalene (7.4–16.4%), γ-himachalene (5.1–8.6%), β-himachalene (23.4–40.4%) and (E)-α-atlantone (5.2–29.5%).“
[Analysis of Moroccan Atlas Cedarwood Oil (Cedrus atlantica Manetti). Aberchane, M., Fechtal, M., & Chaouch, A., Journal of Essential Oil Research, Vol.16(6), 2004, 542-547]