Eucalyptus Smithii Oil

#### Eucalyptus Smithii. For several and weighty reasons, this tree has become more popular than the **Globulus**** **among the planters and distillers. The **Smithii **grows faster and its leaves yield more oil on steam distillation. The oil contains as much—or more—**Cineole **as does the oil of **E. Globulus**. Plantations of **E. Smithii **are found in the Belgian Congo, Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Union of South Africa (Tswete and east Transvaal provinces), Uruguay, Argentina, etc. This oil is the most important eucalyptus oil of the Belgian Congo. Since the 1958/1959 appearance on the market of the so-called Chinese eucalyptus oil, however, the competition has been so fierce that the future prospects for **Eucalyptus Smithii **in the Belgian Congo are debatable. Production there has been near 100 tons per year in good years. The oil is either rectified on the plantation or sent to nearby Goma, center of the essential-oil producing eastern Belgian Congo, and rectified there in modern stills by Belgian specialists. All essential oils in the Belgian Congo are produced by Belgians (till now, 1960). Oil of **Eucalyptus**** ****Smithii**** **a colorless or very pale yellow, mobile liquid with a fresh Cineole type of odor, quite similar to the odor of other **Eucapharma **oils. Its use is similar to that of other cineole-types of eucalyptus oils as described under the **E. Globulus**.