Oleum Cajuputi.

Oil of Cajuput.

The volatile oil distilled from the leaves of Melaleuca Minor (M. Cajuputi) - a small, erect, slender tree, from the whiteness of its bark known in the native language as "The White Tree " - imported from Batavia and Singapore.

Characters. - Very mobile, transparent, of a fine pale bluish-green colour. It has a strong agreeable odour, and a warm aromatic taste, and leaves a sensation of coldness in the mouth.

Reference to Horn. Proving. - Hale's New Remedies.

Preparation. - Solution in rectified spirit. Trituration.