Ravensara aromatica

Ravensara aromatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Ravensara
Species:	R. aromatica
Binomial name
Ravensara aromatica Sonn.

Ravensara aromatica (sometimes called clove nutmeg) is a member of the Lauraceae (laurel) family, and originates in Madagascar. The name ravensara is a latinization of the Malagasy word ravintsara.^[1] Other Malagasy names include havozo, hazomanitra and tavolomanitra. The leaves and twigs of R. aromatica have a mildly camphorous aroma similar to eucalyptus. The essential oil of R. aromatica is used as a fragrance material in the perfumery industry, and as an antiseptic, anti-viral, antibacterial, expectorant, anti-infective in natural and folk medicine.

Essential oil

Primary aromatic components are:

• limonene 19.38%
• sabinene 11.40%
• methyl chavicol 7.94%
• α-pinene 5.55%
• linalool 5.26%
• methyl eugenol 5.00%
• germacrene d 4.76%
• terpinen-4-ol 4.00%
• e-caryophyllene 3.54%
• δ-3-carene 3.52%
• myrcene 3.43%
• α-terpinene 2.98%
• β-pinene 2.91%
• γ-terpinene 2.15%
• α-phellandrene 1.99%
• camphene 1.33%
• (z)-β-ocimene 1.30%
• α-thujene 1.13%
• 1,8-cineole 1.08%
• para-cymene 0.97%
• α-humulene 0.79%
• α-copaene 0.69%
• β-elemene 0.63%
• δ-cadinene 0.60%
• terpinolene 0.56%
• δ-elemene 0.55%
• α-cubebene 0.47%
• α-terpineol 0.38%
• α-guaiene 0.37%
• bornyl acetate 0.36%
• elemol 0.34%
• elemicin 0.23%
• γ-muurolene 0.22%
• borneol 0.21%
• bicyclogermacrene 0.20%
• γ-cadinene 0.19%
• (e)-β-ocimene 0.19%
• β-cubebene 0.16%
• eugenol 0.12%
• α-muurolene 0.11%
• δ-amorphene 0.10%
• α-eudesmol 0.10%
• cis-para-menth-2-en-1-ol 0.10%
• ortho-cymene 0.09%
• β-selinene 0.09%
• β-bourbonene 0.08%
• trans-cadina-1,4-diene 0.08%
• trans-para-menth-2-en-1-ol 0.08%
• cis-sabinene hydrate 0.08%
• trans-sabinene hydrate 0.08%
• caryophyllene oxide 0.07%
• β-copaene 0.07%
• germacrene b 0.07%
• cis-muurola-3,5-diene 0.07%
• trans-cadina-1(6),4-diene 0.06%
• γ-eudesmol 0.06%
• β-eudesmol 0.05%
• guaiol 0.05%

References

1. ^ Halpern, Georges M., Weverka, Peter The Healing Trail: Essential Oils of Madagascar, Basic Health Publications Inc., Laguna Beach CA, 2003, pp. 54.