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Kōrero: Plant extracts

Horopito-infused oil

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Horopito-infused oil

Horopito is used in a variety of products, including this horopito-infused avocado oil. Chemists have identified 29 components of horopito’s essential oil, including one called eugenol which is a dental pain killer.

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Nigel Perry, Plant extracts – Medicines, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14475/horopito-infused-oil (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nigel Perry, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.