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Myrtaceae

3 published monographs fall under this facet. A facet here is not a taxonomy label but a safety clue: plants in the same family often share cross-reactivity risk, and the same botanical part often shares extraction and oxidation behaviour.

Monographs in this facet

Tea tree — Melaleuca alternifolia

Melaleuca alternifolia

Tea tree

Myrtaceae · leaf · ceiling 3%

  • Terpinen-4-ol type (ISO 4730)

Tea tree is one of the very few essential oils whose composition is fixed by an international standard: ISO 4730 requires at least 35%…

Eucalyptus radiata — Eucalyptus radiata

Eucalyptus radiata

Eucalyptus radiata

Myrtaceae · leaf · ceiling 3%

  • 1,8-Cineole type, low camphor

Of the eucalypts sold for the same purpose, Eucalyptus radiata is the one with the highest cineole and the lowest camphor — roughly 62% and 0.5% by…

Clove bud — Syzygium aromaticum

Syzygium aromaticum

Clove bud

Myrtaceae · flower bud · ceiling 1%

  • Eugenol-dominant

Clove is 78% eugenol, and this site prints a 1% ceiling — half the figure used for ordinary oils — with an avoid row for pregnancy, children, pets…

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