Elemi is a gum produced by a tree of the Canarium family, which is cultivated in a specific region of the Philippines, south of Manila. Between July and November, incisions are made in the trunk and a thin strip of bark is removed every day. The gum is then gathered once per week. It takes about seven years for a tree to start producing abundant quantities of gum.
Canarium luzonicum (Blume) A. Gray
Philippines
Code 350
CAS TSCA 8023-89-0
CAS EINECS 97675-63-3
Elemi is a gum produced by a tree of the Canarium family, which is cultivated in a specific region of the Philippines, south of Manila. Between July and November, incisions are made in the trunk and a thin strip of bark is removed every day. The gum is then gathered once per week. It takes about seven years for a tree to start producing abundant quantities of gum.
To produce this essential oil of elemi, we source our raw material from an exporter partner in the Philippines and the extraction is carried out at our production unit in France.
Gum
To produce this essential oil of elemi, we source our raw material from an exporter partner in the Philippines and the extraction is carried out at our production unit in France.
This product is rarely used in cosmetics.
Main components: D-Limonene (48.00 to 66.00%), Alpha phellandrene (8.00 to 20.00%), Elemol (5.00 to 20.00%), Elemicine (2.00 to 7.00%), Sabinene (2.00 to 7.00%)