CAJUPUT OIL  , a volatile obtained by See also:

• DISTILLATION (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

distillation from the leaves of the myrtaceous See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree Melaleuca leucadendron, and probably other See also:

• SPECIES

species . The trees yielding the oil are found throughout the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

Archipelago, the See also:

• MALAY

Malay See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula and over the hotter parts of the Australian See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent; but the greater portion of the oil is produced from See also:

• CELEBES

Celebes See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island . The name cajuput is derived from the native Kayuputi or See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood . The oil is prepared from leaves collected on a hot dry See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, which are macerated in See also:

• WATER

water, and distilled after fermenting for a See also:

• NIGHT

night . This oil is extremely pungent to the See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste, and has the odour of a mixture of See also:

• TURPENTINE (in M. Eng. turbentine, adapted through the O. Fr. turbentine or terebentine from Lat. terebinthina, sc. resina, resin of the terebinth, Gr. eepiOtvOos or eippavOos)

turpentine and camphor . It consists mainly of cineol (see See also:

• TERPENES

TERPENES), from which cajuputene having a hyacinthine odour can be obtained by distillation with See also:

• PHOSPHORUS (Gr. 4ws, light, sPEpety, to bear)

phosphorus pentoxide . The See also:

• DRUG
• DRUG (from Fr. drogue, a word common in Romance languages, cf. Span. and Ital. droga; the origin of the word is obscure, but may possibly be connected with Dutch droog, dry)

drug is a typical volatile oil, and is used internally in doses of a to 3 minims, for the same purposes as, say, clove oil . It is frequently employed externally as a See also:

• COUNTER

counter-irritant .