ANISE MYRTLE ESSENTIAL OIL (SYZYGIUM ANISATUM) - ESSENTIAL OILS

Botanical Name: Syzygium anisatum

Common Method of Extraction: Steam distillation

Part Typically Used: Stems and branches

Color: Light yellow

Consistency: Medium

Perfumery Note: Top

Strength of Initial Aroma: Watery, strong, with a pleasant licorice or anise aroma. Anise Myrtle is far fresher, a little stronger and purer in its Aniseed aroma than regular Aniseed essential oils.

Other Common Names: Aniseed Myrtle, Ringwood

Aniseed Myrtle is a rare Australian  tree from the rainforest which has a very  aromatic leaf and is considered to have an aroma true to genuine aniseed. The leaf from cultivated plantations is used as a bushfood spice and is distilled in very small quantities for its essential oil and is known in the trade as Aniseed Myrtle or Anise Myrtle. In Australia it is known as Ringwood or the Aniseed Tree. Ringwood’s natural distribution in the wild is restricted to the Nambucca and Bellinger Valleys in the subtropics of New South Wales.

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Typical Constitution of Anise Myrtle Essential Oil (Aniseed Myrtle Essential Oil)

alpha-pinene   0.13%

myrcene   0.12%

alpha-phellandrane   1.97%

limonene    0.23%

beta-phellandrane    0.88%

para-cymene    0.39%

1,8-cineole    0.40%

alpha-terpinolene   0.07%

estragole (methyl chavicol)    5.76%

z-anethole (cis-)   0.57%

e-anethole (trans)    87.61%

beta-caryophllene    0.14%

bicyclogermacrene   0.20%