Cryptocarya agathophylla
Ravensara aromatica is a member of the Lauraceae (laurel) family, and originates in Madagascar. The name ravensara is a latinization of the Malagasy word ravintsara[1]. Other Malagasy names include havozo, hazomanitra, tavolomanitra, and cinnamomum camphora. The leaves and twigs of R. aromatica have a mildly camphorous aroma similar to eucalyptus. The essential oil of R. aromatica is used as a fragrance material in the perfumery industry, and as an antiseptic, anti-viral, antibacterial, expectorant, anti-infective in natural and folk medicine.
Essential oil
Primary aroma components are:
- limonene 19.38%
- sabinene 11.40%
- methyl chavicol 7.94%
- α-pinene 5.55%
- linalool 5.26%
- methyl eugenol 5.00%
- germacrene d 4.76%
- terpinen-4-ol 4.00%
- e-caryophyllene 3.54%
- δ-3-carene 3.52%
- myrcene 3.43%
- α-terpinene 2.98%
- β-pinene 2.91%
- γ-terpinene 2.15%
- α-phellandrene 1.99%
- camphene 1.33%
- (z)-β-ocimene 1.30%
- α-thujene 1.13%
- 1,8-cineole 1.08%
- para-cymene 0.97%
- α-humulene 0.79%
- α-copaene 0.69%
- β-elemene 0.63%
- δ-cadinene 0.60%
- terpinolene 0.56%
- δ-elemene 0.55%
- α-cubebene 0.47%
- α-terpineol 0.38%
- α-guaiene 0.37%
- bornyl acetate 0.36%
- elemol 0.34%
- elemicin 0.23%
- γ-muurolene 0.22%
- borneol 0.21%
- bicyclogermacrene 0.20%
- γ-cadinene 0.19%
- (e)-β-ocimene 0.19%
- β-cubebene 0.16%
- eugenol 0.12%
- α-muurolene 0.11%
- δ-amorphene 0.10%
- α-eudesmol 0.10%
- cis-para-menth-2-en-1-ol 0.10%
- ortho-cymene 0.09%
- β-selinene 0.09%
- β-bourbonene 0.08%
- trans-cadina-1,4-diene 0.08%
- trans-para-menth-2-en-1-ol 0.08%
- cis-sabinene hydrate 0.08%
- trans-sabinene hydrate 0.08%
- caryophyllene oxide 0.07%
- β-copaene 0.07%
- germacrene b 0.07%
- cis-muurola-3,5-diene 0.07%
- trans-cadina-1(6),4-diene 0.06%
- γ-eudesmol 0.06%
- β-eudesmol 0.05%
- guaiol 0.05%
References
- [1] Halpern, Georges M., Weverka, Peter The Healing Trail: Essential Oils of Madagascar, Basic Health Publications Inc., Laguna Beach CA, 2003, pp. 54.