The Cajuput tree originates from Eastern Indonesia, specifically the Maluku Islands and Northern Australia. In Indonesia, it has a wide distribution, including Java, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, and Papua. This plant is the source of Cajuput oil (minyak kayu putih), which has numerous medicinal benefits, and its wood can be used as building material.

This plant grows well in tropical and subtropical lowlands at altitudes up to 800 m a.s.l., with a rainfall of 800–1,400 mm/year. It is suited to grow in moist soil with a pH of 6–7, prefers fertile soil, and thrives in full sunlight.

• The root is a taproot and is light brown.

• The stem (trunk) is round, woody, highly branched, dirty white in color, and the bark easily peels off.

• The leaves are simple, oval (elliptic), with pointed tips and bases (acuminate/acute), entire margins, pinnate venation, and are whitish-green.

• The flowers are compound (inflorescence), in the form of a spike, growing at the terminal twig tips and in the leaf axils. The sepals are green, the petals are white, and the stamens are longer than the other floral parts.

• The fruit is a capsule, bell-shaped, 6–7 mm in diameter, and dirty white in color.

• The seeds are small and round

• Propagation is done both generatively (by seed) and vegetatively (by shoot cuttings with rejuvenation techniques, branch cuttings, shoot cuttings, root cuttings, and air layering).

• It is used to treat sinusitis, malaria, bronchitis, sore throat, burns, rheumatism, diarrhea, acne bruises, hiccups, earaches, headaches, skin inflammation, toothaches, and gout.

• (E-)-nerolidol, β-caryophyllene, viridiflorol, (E)-β-farnesene, alpha-humulene, tannins, lignin, melaleucin, sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, eugenol, limonene, eucalyptol, and volatile compounds.