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Are eucalyptus leaves poisonous?
Eucalyptus leaves are nontoxic.

Eucalyptus leaves are eucalyptus leaves and special food for koalas, which are often used to extract insect repellent and deodorant. In addition, eucalyptus leaves are common folk herbs in China and other planting areas, so they are non-toxic.

Other uses of eucalyptus leaves are as follows:

1, used in food industry.

The eucalyptus oil extracted from eucalyptus leaves has a cool fragrance and is non-toxic to people, so it can be used as a food additive. According to China's Hygienic Standard for the Use of Food Additives (GB2760- 1996), eucalyptus oil can be used to prepare various food flavors according to production needs, mainly for chewing gum products.

2, used in the perfume industry

At present, the most important variety used in perfume industry is eucalyptus citriodora oil, which is rich in citronellal and can be used for perfuming daily chemicals such as laundry soap, detergent and detergent. The amount of eucalyptus citriodora oil directly used as perfume is very small, and its main purpose is to synthesize more widely used spices, such as citronellal, hydroxycitronellal, menthol and so on, after separating citronellal.