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CAJUPUT OIL

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 961 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAJUPUT OIL , a volatile obtained by See also:

distillation from the leaves of the myrtaceous See also:tree Melaleuca leucadendron, and probably other See also:species. The trees yielding the oil are found throughout the See also:Indian See also:Archipelago, the See also:Malay See also:Peninsula and over the hotter parts of the Australian See also:continent; but the greater portion of the oil is produced from See also:Celebes See also:Island. The name cajuput is derived from the native Kayuputi or See also:white See also:wood. The oil is prepared from leaves collected on a hot dry See also:day, which are macerated in See also:water, and distilled after fermenting for a See also:night. This oil is extremely pungent to the See also:taste, and has the odour of a mixture of See also:turpentine and camphor. It consists mainly of cineol (see See also:TERPENES), from which cajuputene having a hyacinthine odour can be obtained by distillation with See also:phosphorus pentoxide. The See also:drug is a typical volatile oil, and is used internally in doses of a to 3 minims, for the same purposes as, say, clove oil. It is frequently employed externally as a See also:counter-irritant.

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