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Originally Posted by Scott S
Neat stuff, Nick! Does the eucalyptus wood have "that" smell to it?
- Scott
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Strangely enough, no. I think most of the eucalyptus oils are in the leaves. If you've seen an Aussie bush-fire it's easy to see what the oil is there for - the trees (and I'm not joking) literally explode. Fire fronts can move at insane speeds all hopped up on eucalyptus leaves. But this means that the tree lives because the oxygen is depleted and the fire moves on before the bark is too damaged. The leaves then sprout from the trunk ... looks strange - all these bright green fluffy trunks in a field that looks like it's been napalmed.
Camphor, on the other hand smells great.
I think they steam distill those oils from the wood and the roots.