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  Cypress oil (Cupressus sempervirens) - information on the origin, source, extraction method, chemical composition, ...
Cypress essential oil is from Cupressus sempervirens of the Cupressaceae family and is also known as Italian or Mediterranean cypress.
Cypress oil is extracted from the needles and twigs of young branches by steam distillation and yields 1.3 - 1.5 %.
Cypress oil has a calming and soothing effect on the nerves, is valuable as a vasoconstrictor, useful in the treatment of excessive discharge of fluids and beneficial for the respiratory tract.
www.essentialoils.co.za /essential-oils/cypress.htm   (862 words)

  
 Essential Oil Encyclopedia
Cypress essential oil is from Cupressus sempervirens from the Cupressaceae family and is also known as Italian or Mediterranean cypress.
Cypress oil is extracted from the needles and twigs of young branches by steam distillation and yields 1.3-1.5%.
Cypress oil soothes muscular cramps, arthritis, and rheumatism and is beneficial to oily skin and wounds.
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 Cypress is used in skin care products.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Cypress is used in the manufacture of superior quality skin care and cosmetic products, and underneath please find a brief overview of cypress, and why it is used.
Cypress essential oil is from Cupressus sempervirens and is also known as Italian or Mediterranean cypress.
It is used to balance overly hydrated skin and for cupreous skin (broken veins), as well as for its astringent and restorative properties.
www.dermaxime.co.za /ingredients/cypress.htm   (239 words)

  
 Cupressus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The genus Cupressus is one of several genera within the family Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for the others, see cypress (disambiguation).
As currently treated, these cypresses are native to scattered localities in mainly warm temperate regions in the northern hemisphere, including western North America, Central America, north-west Africa, the Middle East, the Himalaya, southern China and north Vietnam.
The fast-growing hybrid Leyland Cypress, much used in gardens, draws one of its parents from this genus (Monterey Cypress C.
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 Mediterranean Cypress - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
The Mediterranean Cypress Cupressus sempervirens is a species of cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region, in northeast Libya, southeast Greece (Crete, Rhodes), southern Turkey, Cyprus, western Syria, Lebanon and western Jordan, and also a disjunct population in Iran.
Mediterranean Cypress has been widely cultivated as an ornamental tree for millenia away from its native range, mainly throughout the central and western Mediterranean region, and in other areas with similar hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters, including California, southwest South Africa and southern Australia).
The vast majority of the trees in cultivation are selected cultivars with a fastigiate crown, the erect branches forming a narrow to very narrow crown often less than a tenth as wide as the tree is tall.
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 Cypress
Cypress was a highly prized medicine and incense by ancient civilizations.
Extraction: The Cypress tree is an tall evergreen.
The oil is extracted from the leaves and twigs and sometimes the cones by steam distillation.
www.unseenuniversity.demon.co.uk /oils/oils/cypress.htm   (167 words)

  
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cypress or Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sermpervirens) is the traditional wood for flamenco guitars.
José Romanillos said at the '95 GAL convention that his preferred sound for a classical guitar (not flamenco) was Mediterranean cypress paired with a European spruce top.
This, of course, is a downgrading factor, and although it is very difficult to get good cypress, it's hard to believe that it wasn't always the case when you see the trees, which are usually gnarled and full of limbs, rarely showing any clear trunk.
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 Essential Oil Dictionary, Detailed Reference Guide, Herbal Encyclopedia
Cypress oil is useful in burners and vaporizers for the following: asthma, emphysema, whooping cough and bronchitis.
Originally from the Mediterranean region, the word origanum is from the Greek word 'orosganos' meaning 'joy of the mountain'.
Native to Spain and the Mediterranean region, it is now found throughout Asia Minor, Algeria, Turkey, Tunisia, Israel, the USA Russia, China and central Europe.
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 CYPRESS - Definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Note: Among the trees called cypress are the common Oriental cypress, {Cupressus sempervirens}, the evergreen American cypress, {C.
As having anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs, the Oriental species is an emblem of mourning and sadness.
{Cypress vine} (Bot.), a climbing plant with red or white flowers ({Ipot[oe]a Quamoclit}, formerly {Quamoclit vulgaris}).
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 David Werbeloff Harpsichords - About the Instruments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The old tradition was so strong, however, that the makers veneered those thicker case sides with cypress around the string well, to create the illusion of a bare-wood harpsichord residing in its painted outer case.
In the case of the former, I make the harpsichord itself of Mediterranean cypress which I import from Italy, or from cedar of Lebanon, whereas the separate outer case is constructed of poplar and painted in one or more color.
The cypress is air-dried Cupressus sempiverens, Mediterranean cypress, which I also import from Italy.
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 The cypress
The cypress represents a vital part in the society of all the Mediterranean countries and is a distinctive element of their landscape and their art, as well as a good source of income.
Small cypress groves are present in the Tyrrhenian coastal hills, from Liguria to Calabria and Sicily; the biggest cypress groves are located in Central Italy, above all in the Tuscan Region, near Florence, Siena and Pisa.
The cypress can be very large, even up to 30m high, and there are two different varieties: the horizzontalis variety, which has branches almost perpendicularly inserted in the trunk, with a basically cone-shaped foliage; the pyramidalis (=stricta) variety has a fastigiated foliage, with short or long branches inserted in the trunk.
www.arsia.toscana.it /filfor/cypmed-arsia/eng-cypress.htm   (621 words)

  
 Cypress essential Oil
Background/Origin of Cypress Essential Oil : Cypress is an evergreen tree found commonly in Southern Europe and is a member of the Cupressaceae family.
Cypress trees are frequently found in Mediterranean region.
Cypress has been used in purification rituals and as an incense by many religions and cultures.
www.cosmeticsdiary.com /cypress-essential-oil.htm   (257 words)

  
 Proud Cypress Photo | TrekLens
Cypress or Cupressus sempervirens, the Mediterranean Cypress, is a species of cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region, in northeast Libya, southeast Greece (Crete, Rhodes), southern Turkey, Cyprus, western Syria, Lebanon and western Jordan, and also a disjunct population in Iran.
Mediterranean Cypress has been widely cultivated as an ornamental tree for millennia away from its native range, mainly throughout the central and western Mediterranean region, and in other areas with similar hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters, including California, southwest South Africa and southern Australia).
Yes, proud is how I would describe this cypress, so proud and determined that the road had to veer around it.
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 Italian Cypress Seeds from Alchemy Works - Herbs for Witchcraft and Magick
In fact, in Europe, coffins were built of cypress and funeral garlands and wreaths made of its branches to represent eternal life.
Cypress is also the tree of the Blood Moon (October) and is linked to elemental Earth, not only through Hades but especially in the form of the Phrygian goddess of earth and caves, Cybele/Kybele.
Cypress is a Mediterranean tree and so can be grown outside only in the warmest parts of North America (zones 7-11, down to 10F/-20C).
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 FLORA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
As Cyprus enjoys the Mediterranean climate the natural flora of the Island is rich and interesting to the botanist, as well as to the uninitiated.
Plant growth is restricted primarily to the moist early spring and late autumn periods, with a flush of spring annual flowers, bulbs and orchids, and a less pronounced flush in the autumn.
The Cypress woods occurring mainly in the Northern Range are generally of scattered trees with an undergrowth of evergreen and deciduous shrubs and woolly-leaved members of the garique.
www.trncpio.org /ingilizce/DOSYALAR/FLORA.htm   (4425 words)

  
 Protected Areas Programme -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
It is also a floristic and faunal island of Sahelian life in the middle of the desert, and harbors a relict Mediterranean cypress, one of the rarest trees in the world.
The most notable Mediterranean species are the endemic Saharan cypress Cupressus dupreziana (E) (tarout), the only conifer of the central Sahara, first known to science in 1924, along with occasional Saharan olive Olea europea laperrinei and myrtle Myrtus nivellei (Barry et al.,1970), also Teucrium sp.
Cypresses on the plateau have already been catalogued and numbered (Kerzabi,1986;) and since 1987 a Czechoslovakian project with WWF/IUCN assistance has set out to re-introduce tarout cypress to the Tassili plateau (Dobr,1988).
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 Mediterranean Cypress -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Mediterranean Cypress -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The vast majority of the trees in cultivation are selected (A variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation) cultivars with a fastigiate crown, with erect branches forming a narrow to very narrow crown often less than a tenth as wide as the tree is tall.
It is also grown for its very durable, scented (The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees) wood, used most famously for the doors of (additional info and facts about St. Peter's Basilica) St.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/me/mediterranean_cypress.htm   (239 words)

  
 Essential Oils Descriptions - Snow Lotus Aromatherapy
Cypress: A fresh, sweet-woody oil distilled from the tree tips of the Mediterranean Cypress.
Cypress oil is also much used for chest and breathing conditions.
Helichrysum: Wildcrafted and distilled in the sparse, rocky, sun-drenched hills of the East Mediterranean coast.
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 Cypress.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
It is used to balance overly hydrated skin and for cupreous skin (broken veins), as well as for its astringent and restorative properties.
Cypress oil has a woody, slightly spicy and refreshing smell.
The main components of Cypress oil include alpha-pinene, camphene, sabinene, beta-pinene, carene, myrcene, alpha-terpinene, terpinolene, linalool, bornyl acetate, cedrol and cadinene.
www.dermaxime.com /cypress.htm   (291 words)

  
 Basic research
Genetic differentiation of natural Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens L.) populations in Greece.
Genetic research for breeding and conservation of the Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens L.) in Greece.
A new pathogen for Greece causing the cypress canker diseas.
www.arsia.toscana.it /filfor/cypmed-arsia/basic-research.htm   (553 words)

  
 Monrovia - BLUE ITALIAN CYPRESS
Outstanding classic Mediterranean cypress with attractive blue-green foliage.
An ideal conifer to dominate a landscape with its densely branched, narrow columnar form.
Use the tall, filmy height of Porcupine Grass (Miscanthus sinensis `Strictus`) as a foil to the dense, upright growth of the evergreen.
www.monrovia.com /plantinf.nsf/0/9D48A83E197DFC358825684D00711388   (192 words)

  
 Mediterranean Cypress - Notes and observations
Cypress is a very fragrant wood that grows along the shores of the Mediterranean.
It is traditionally used for the back and sides of flamenco guitars and has a wonderful smell which embues the air with a heady and spicy aroma.
One of the joys of owning and playing a flamenco guitar is the way it perfumes the immediate area with the smell of the Mediterranean shores.
www.chantus.com /notes/index.php?/archives/39-Mediterranean-Cypress.html   (331 words)

  
 Arboretum tour shows thriving plants of Holy Land 5/18/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
One of the arboretum's most impressive trees, loved for its rustic beauty, is the giant Mediterranean cypress.
Scholars say this species provided the strong, durable wood used to build the main structure of Noah's ark. It also is thought to be the wood used to fashion the cross on which Christ was crucified, as well as the cedar that Solomon ordered from Lebanon to build his temple, documented in II Chronicles 3.
Another common Mediterranean tree, the olive, is widely referenced in the Bible and thrives in the arboretum's olive arbor.
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 Annick Goutal Parfums - Eau d'Hadrien
The essential Mediterranean cypress, both fresh and spicy.
A limited edition of an emblematic bottle, interpreted and hand-painted by a student of the Ecole National des Arts Décoratifs (National School of Decorative Arts) for a contest overseen by a design professor, Camille Goutal and Brigitte Taittinger.
All scents of an evening in the Mediterranean are brought together in this fresh, white musk and amber-spiced fragrance.
www.annickgoutal.nl /en/fragrances/lesnuitsdhadrien.html   (252 words)

  
 CYPRESS HOTEL KIMPTON with hotelguide.com
Designed to look like a Mediterranean villa, the nine story hotel is a colorful mixture of safari themes, designer touches, and Mediterranean style.
The lobby area, which includes full length windows overlooking an outdoor fountain, has a decidedly hip 1960s theme, with a gas fireplace and red velvet couches, faux fur throw pillows, and shelves of gorgeous vases and antiquities.
The colorful boutique Cypress Hotel is within a 20 minute drive of most of the South Bay's tourist attractions, from Paramount's Great America park (8 miles to Stanford University (12 miles, as well as most major business centers.
www.hotelguide.com /destinations/north-america/united-states-of-america/california/cupertino/hotel-314507.html   (226 words)

  
 Aaron Green, Luthier - Prices
I strive to build a cedar guitar that retains the large full sound associated with cedar without sacrificing clarity or separation.
Mediterranean Cypress Guitars $5000.00 U.S. Mediterranean Cypress is a tonewood that is usually used for flamenco guitars, but I have had great success building classical guitars in cypress as well.
I find that while it tends to give a lighter body to the sound, it also provides great sensitivity to tone.
www.aarongreenguitars.com /prices.html   (867 words)

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