Niaouli Essential Oil

Description

Niaouli Essential Oil

Niaouli essential oil is extremely pleasant and uplifting. A truly beautiful, fresh aroma straight from the Australian bush. Highly recommended for those wanting clean air in the home or workplace. It works great in an oil burner or vaporiser.

Botanical name  Melaleuca quinquenervia CT ‘Niaouli’ 

Ingredients 100% v/v pure Niaouli essential oil.

Niaouli Essential Oil Aroma

An earthy, fresh and minty aroma.

Niaouli Essential Oil Benefits

Relaxing, refreshing and calming. Good for cleaning surfaces. Can be used as an alternative to Eucalyptus oils.

Niaouli Essential Oil Uses 

Use this oil in an oil burner, air purifier, air freshener, potpourri, massage oil, bath or your cloth vacuum bag. It removes bad smells from rooms and is great for cleaning bathrooms, kitchen benches and washing floors.

Niaouli (Melaleuca quinquenervia) beside a Byron Bay lake.

MORE INFO

Directions and More Uses

Niaouli Aromatherapy Oil

2 to 4 drops in an oil burner or vaporiser.
1-5 drops into a bath.

Niaouli Essential Oil Blends with

Essentially Australia Oils: Eucalyptus Australiana Essential Oil, Lemon Myrtle Essential Oil, Rosalina Essential Oil, Australian Sandalwood Essential Oil, Tea Tree Essential Oil

Massage

10  to 25 drops per 100ml of carrier oil.

Main Actives

1,8 cineole, limonene, alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, linalool and beta-caryophllene.

Precautions

Do not ingest.
Store away from direct sunlight.
Store below 30 degrees.
Keep out of reach of children.

Other Common Names

Broad leaved Paperbark, Paperbark Tea Tree, Tea Tree.

Niaouli in flower (Melaleuca quinquenervia), Byron Bay, NSW

Natural Occurrence in Australia                                                                                                                            

Niaouli trees naturally occur in the swampy lowlands of New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory.

The tree is very common within its natural range, however the CT (Chemotype) is a little less common. This tree grows to a maximum height of 20 metres in the wild and grows naturally in and around swamps.

Niaouli Essential Oil Characteristics

Clear to amber yellow in colour, watery, with a citrus/lemony scent.

Extraction and Farming Method

Niaouli essential oil is extracted via steam distillation of the leaves and green branchlets. Nerolina is grown in plantations, wild harvesting also occurs.

History –Niaouli

Traditional Usage

Indigenous people grabbed fresh leaves of the tree and wrapped them around affected areas of the body.

Early European Usage

There tree was occasionally wild harvested for its medicinal essential oil. The trees also flower prolifically and so bee hives were located near the trees for honey production.

Present day Usage

Niaouli essential oil is used in perfumery, it has also been used in shampoo and washing products to relieve scalp and blankets of infestations.  Honey is still collected from the trees.

Niaouli Essential Oil Typical Chemical Profile                                                              

cineole 1,8                                          40-70%
beta-pinene                                          2-6%
para-cymene                                     0.5-5%
limonene                                              3-12%
linalool                                                  1-9%
terpineol-4-ol                                     0.1-4%
alpha-terpineol                                    3-15%
viridiflorol                                            0.1-3%

Relative Density @20 C : 0.900-0.906
Refractive Index @ 20 C 1.4880-1.4900
Optical Rotation +3.5-+12.0