Oil of cajuput. The volatile oil distilled from the leaves of Melaleuca leucadendron (Nat. Ord. Myrtaceae). Dose, τη v—τη xx.

Composition

The most important constituent of the oil of caju-put is cajuputol, or the bihydrate of cajuputene.

To this list might be added eucalyptol, the camphor obtained from Eucalyptus globulus, and the various balsams, and cymene and terpene volatile oils; but these remedies have already been considered elsewhere, so far as they possess any practical importance.