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Bakul (Mimusops elengi)
Mimusops elengi
Bakula, Vakul, Vakula
Low risk of skin sensitization.
Cinnamyl alcohol and methyl salicylate are present at low levels, below thresholds requiring restriction.
No specific contraindications.
| 2-Phenylethanol | 38.8 % |
| (E)-Cinnamyl alcohol | 13.7 % |
| 3-Hydroxy-4-phenyl-2-butanone | 4.7 % |
| Methyl benzoate | 3.8 % |
| (E)-Methyl cinnamate | 3.6 % |
| Nerolidol | 3.2 % |
| 2-Phenylethyl acetate | 2.6 % |
| Ethyl benzoate | 2.4 % |
| (E)-Ethyl cinnamate | 1.9 % |
| Methyl salicylate | 1.9 % |
| Benzyl alcohol | 1.6 % |
| (E)-Cinnamaldehyde | 1.3 % |
Mimusops elengi is a tropical tree native to South and Southeast Asia. The small, cream-white flowers carry a distinctive scent that persists after drying.
Solvent extraction yields an absolute. Some producers extract by supercritical CO2.
Family Sapotaceae. The flowers have a traditional use in Java as a treatment for diarrhea. Co-distillation with sandalwood produces an attar.
Bakul absolute is a rarefied perfumery material kept for traditional Indian and Southeast Asian floral accords.