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Melaleuca cajuputi Roxb. - syn. Melaleuca cajuputi Powell - Myrtaceae
cajaput, paperbark teatree, swamp teatree, Cajeputbaum, Kajeput
Original source of cajeput oil, although commonly Melaleuca leucadendra is cited as such.
„The majority of the oil is produced on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The name “cajeput” is derived from its Indonesian name, kayu putih (white wood).“ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajuput_oil
„Commercial cajuput oil is mainly derived from M. cajuputi subsp.cajuputi. The oil of this taxon mostly, but not always, contains substantial amounts of 1,8-cineole (3–60%), and the sesquiterpene alcohols globulol (trace–9%), viridiflorol (trace–16%) and spathulenol (trace–30%). Other compounds present usually in significant quantities are limonene (trace–5%), ß-caryophyllene (trace–4%), humulene (trace–2%), viridiflorene
(0.5–9%), α-terpineol (1–8%), a- and ß-selinene (each 0–3%) and caryophyllene oxide (trace–7%). This oil will hereafter be referred to as ‘type’ oil. The aromatic ether, cajeputol appears to be absent from the oil of this subspecies. Oil yield ranges from 0.4% to 1.2% (w/w%, fresh weight). The essential oil of M. cajuputi
subsp. cumingiana is highly variable in character. The main components reported in oil from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam (non-or low-1,8-cineole forms) are γ-terpinene (0–19%), and terpinolene (0–22%)… The essential oils of M. cajuputi subsp.platyphylla occur in two chemotypes. Typically, the oils contain significant quantities of α-pinene (34–73%), with lesser amounts of 1,8-cineole (0.2–3%), γ-terpinene (trace–2%), p-cymene (trace–1%), terpinolene (trace–1%), ß-caryophyllene (2–14%), aromadendrene (1–9%), humulene (1–7%), viridiflorene (trace–3%), caryophyllene oxide (trace–2%), globulol (trace–6%), viridiflorol (trace–2%), spathulenol (trace–3%) with an absence of cajeputol.“
[Tea Tree: The Genus Melaleuca. Southwell, I.A., Lowe, R.F., Series Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Industrial Profiles, 1999, vol. 9, 228]
Cajeput oil is used in aromatherapy and as an antiseptic in nose drops.
[Medicinal Plants of the World. Ben-Erik Van Wyk and Michael Wink, Pretoria 2004, 202]