The bundles are transferred to the distillation site. Cinnamon Leaf Oil mostly obtained by using traditional field distillation. The main constituent of Oil of Cinnamon Leaf is Eugenol. The Oil of Cinnamon Leaf is used in spice flavours, in parfumery and as a source of Eugenol. It's a spreading evergreen tree 15-20 m high.
Flowers are generally unisexual.
Bisexual flowers also occur. Occasional trees with male and female flowers are seen in plantations. Fruits are fleshy drupes. which turns yellow when ripe and split in to two halves exposing purplish brown shiny seed surrounded by a net like red aril called Mace. Separate Essential Oils are distilled from the spice Nutmeg as well as from the Mace. Nutmeg's give the best Oils and highest yields.