TEA TREE OIL

The Paperbark Co. has established the first successful commercial tea tree plantation in the south west of Western Australia. Our Tea Tree Oil is harvested and distilled annually from Melaleuca alternifolia, a small tree of up to 8 metres, which is indigenous to northern New South Wales.

Botanical name

Melaleuca alternifolia

Aroma profile

Warm, spicy odour with medicinal scent

Key constituents

Comprises hydrocarbon compounds typically containing 1,8 cineole, terpinen-4-ol, alpha pinene, alpha phellandrene, alpha terpinene, gamma terpinene, alpha terpineol and sesquiterpenes

Plant part

Leaf and terminal branches

INCI name 

Tea Tree (Melaleuca Alternifolia) Leaf Oil

CAS number

68647-73-4; 85085-48-9; 8022-72-8

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