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  • Low American wintergreen groundcover with glossy evergreen leaves, nodding white urn-shaped flowers, and a few round red fruits on a forest floor.
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    Wintergreen Essential Oil — History, Aroma, Chemistry, and Safe Uses

    ByHannah Mercer, RN October 16, 2025August 4, 2026

    Field Detail Botanical Name Gaultheria procumbens Pronunciation WIN-ter-green Common Names Wintergreen, Checkerberry, Boxberry, Eastern Teaberry Plant Family Ericaceae Plant Part Used Leaves Extraction Method Steam Distillation after Maceration in Warm Water Origin Regions North America —…

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  • Low sweet violet plants with heart-shaped scalloped leaves and small purple flowers growing among moss and leaf litter.
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    Violet / Violette Absolute — History, Aroma, Chemistry, and Safe Uses

    ByHannah Mercer, RN October 16, 2025August 4, 2026

    Field Detail Botanical Name Viola odorata Pronunciation VY-oh-luh oh-doh-RAH-tuh Common Names Violet, Sweet Violet, Violette Plant Family Violaceae Plant Part Used Leaves and Flowers Extraction Method Solvent Extraction (Absolute) Origin Regions France, Egypt, and Northern Italy…

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  • White poet's narcissus flowers with shallow red-rimmed centers growing beside separate pink and wine-red garden tulips.
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    Tulip / Narcissus Absolute — History, Aroma, Chemistry, and Safe Uses

    ByHannah Mercer, RN October 16, 2025August 4, 2026

    Field Detail Botanical Name Narcissus poeticus (Poet’s Narcissus) / Tulipa gesneriana (Garden Tulip) Pronunciation NAHR-sis-sus / TOO-lip Common Names Narcissus, Poet’s Daffodil, Tulip Plant Family Amaryllidaceae (Narcissus), Liliaceae (Tulip) Plant Part Used Fresh Blossoms Extraction Method…

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  • Tonka bean tree branch with glossy compound leaves, small pink flowers, fleshy oval fruits, and one fallen fruit exposing its dark seed.
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    Tonka Bean Essential Oil — History, Aroma, Chemistry, and Safe Uses

    ByHannah Mercer, RN October 16, 2025August 4, 2026

    Field Detail Botanical Name Dipteryx odorata Pronunciation TAWN-kah BEEN Common Names Tonka Bean, Coumarou Plant Family Fabaceae (Legume Family) Plant Part Used Dried Seeds (Beans) Extraction Method Solvent Extraction (Absolute) or CO₂ Extraction Origin Regions Venezuela,…

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  • Tea plant branch with glossy serrated leaves, tender young shoots, and white flowers with golden stamens on a misty tea hillside.
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    Tea (Camellia) Essential Oil — History, Aroma, Chemistry, and Safe Uses

    ByHannah Mercer, RN October 16, 2025August 4, 2026

    Field Detail Botanical Name Camellia sinensis Pronunciation kuh-MEE-lee-uh sih-NEHN-sis Common Names Tea, Green Tea, Black Tea, White Tea (varietal) Plant Family Theaceae Plant Part Used Young Leaves and Buds Extraction Method Steam Distillation or CO₂ Extraction…

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  • Blue spruce branch with stiff silvery-blue needles and two hanging buff cones beside a Rocky Mountain stream.
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    Spruce (Blue) Essential Oil — History, Aroma, Chemistry, and Safe Uses

    ByHannah Mercer, RN October 16, 2025August 4, 2026

    Field Detail Botanical Name Picea pungens Pronunciation SPROOS (BLOO) Common Names Blue Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce Plant Family Pinaceae Plant Part Used Needles and Young Twigs Extraction Method Steam Distillation Origin Regions North America — primarily…

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  • Low spreading Siberian cypress with flattened sprays of overlapping green scale leaves growing across a rocky mountain slope.
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    Siberian Cypress Essential Oil — History, Aroma, Chemistry, and Safe Uses

    ByHannah Mercer, RN October 16, 2025August 4, 2026

    Field Detail Botanical Name Microbiota decussata Pronunciation sigh-BEER-ee-uhn SAI-pruhs Common Names Siberian Cypress, Russian Cypress Plant Family Cupressaceae Plant Part Used Branchlets and Leaves Extraction Method Steam Distillation Origin Regions Siberia and the Russian Far East…

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  • Siberian fir branch with soft flat green needles, resinous buds, and two upright blue-green cones in a boreal forest.
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    Siberian Fir Essential Oil — History, Aroma, Chemistry, and Safe Uses

    ByHannah Mercer, RN October 16, 2025August 4, 2026

    Field Detail Botanical Name Abies sibirica Pronunciation sih-BEER-ee-uhn fur Common Names Siberian Fir, Siberian Silver Fir Plant Family Pinaceae Plant Part Used Needles and Young Twigs Extraction Method Steam Distillation Origin Regions Siberia, Russia, and Northern…

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  • Living New Caledonian sandalwood tree with elliptic green leaves, small flowers, ripening red-purple drupes, and a naturally broken branch exposing heartwood.
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    Sandalwood (New Caledonia) Essential Oil — History, Aroma, Chemistry, and Safe Uses

    ByHannah Mercer, RN October 16, 2025August 4, 2026

    Field Detail Botanical Name Santalum austrocaledonicum Pronunciation SAN-duhl-wood aw-stroh-ka-luh-DON-ih-kum Common Names Sandalwood, New Caledonia Sandalwood Plant Family Santalaceae Plant Part Used Heartwood Extraction Method Steam Distillation Origin Regions New Caledonia and Vanuatu (South Pacific) Description Sandalwood…

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  • Pink Damask rose flowers, buds, and serrated compound leaves on arching canes in the Bulgarian Rose Valley at dawn.
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    Rose Otto Essential Oil — History, Aroma, Chemistry, and Safe Uses

    ByHannah Mercer, RN October 16, 2025August 4, 2026

    Field Detail Botanical Name Rosa damascena Pronunciation ROHZ AH-toh Common Names Rose Otto, Damask Rose, Bulgarian Rose Plant Family Rosaceae Plant Part Used Flower Petals Extraction Method Steam Distillation Origin Regions Bulgaria (Valley of Roses), Turkey,…

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