Essential Oil Listed Lemon
Botanical name: Litsea cubeba

Chemotype and indications
Carte d'identité
Name: Listed Lemon or Exotic or Lemon Verbena
Botanical name: Litsea cubeba
Distilled part: fruit (berry)
Botanical family: Lauraceae
Origin: Vietnam
Chemical composition:
- Aldehydes (75%): Citrals, Citronellal, Geranial (40%), Neral (34%)
- Ketones
- Esters: Geranyl acetate, Linalyl acetate, Neryl acetate, Terpenyl acetate
- Monoterpenes: Limonene, Myrcene
- Monoterpenols: Alpha Terpineol, Citronellol, Geraniol, Linalool, Nerol
- Sesquiterpenes: Beta Caryophyllene
Emotional, psychic properties and therapeutic indications
- Anti-inflammatory*
- Inflammatory enterocolitis*
- Insomnia*
- Sedative*
Emotional, psychic properties and therapeutic indications
- Calming*
- Nervousness*
- Anxiety*
- Depression*
- Anxiolytic, agitation, fear, phobias
Additional information
Additional information
Danger: Mild dermocaustic
Legend: * powerful, ** very powerful; *** extremely powerful (power value for the associated pathology)
Reference and bibliographic source: Lily BAYER and Dr Hervé STAUB, (2013) "In-depth Treatise on Phyto and Aromatherapy", Ed. Grancher.
THE INDICATIONS IN AROMATHERAPY AND THE USE OF ESSENTIAL OILS DO NOT CONSTITUTE A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND DO NOT REPLACE THE ADVICE OF A DOCTOR OR MEDICAL TREATMENTS!