Lemon Myrtle

Backhousia citriodora

Pure essential oil steam distilled from the leaves of the indigenous lemon myrtle shrub.

An important and well-known member of the plant kingdom on Bundjalung Country. Lemon myrtle has been a close ally of the people of this country for many thousands of years, as a delicious food and for it’s highly medicinal powers.

It is with respect to the terroir of the Bundjalung Country with its volcanic soils and climate that give rise to this powerful plant that has the highest amount of citral on Earth.

Often worked with to cleanse wounds, cleanse skin, cleanse the mind and spirit, home and heart.

The aroma of lemon myrtle is distinctly reminiscent to the Australian essense. Brightly uplifting, comforting and familiar. A vibrant lemon scent to enthral one with it’s strength of this land.

Our lemon myrtle is grown, harvested and prepared all on Bundjalung Country. The people here work with Natural Sequence farming techniques, ensuring the land is nurtured and nourished, which in turn delights us with plants filled with vitality, and a balanced ecosystem, beaming with life force and diversity.

Lemon myrtle is one of those staple essential oils in the collection. A classic companion from the Australian Bush, that is abundant with medicine, for inside and out.

You’ll find our Lemon Myrtle essential oil within our Bush Balsam.

At Alchemy of Plant & Sol, we travel the lands to where our plants originate, where they grow truest to their nature, so that we can offer you the experience of the plants and the land that breaths them. We believe this brings us all that closer to the true nature, for which we are.

Here we are offering 5mL and 20mL bottles of lemon myrtle essential oil, but please be in touch to request larger quantities. CoA are available at request.