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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 2989

BACKHOUSIA CITRIODORA LEAF/TWIG WATER

This record confirms an official common ingredient name for EU cosmetic product labelling. It does not by itself confirm that the substance is permitted, unrestricted or safe.

Global evidence snapshot

The resolved identity has matching regulatory evidence in 0 of 13 indexed market datasets: 0 country records and 0 EU Annex records. Every result and evidence gap is listed below.

0 markets with evidence
Markets checked
13
Markets with evidence
0
Evidence gaps
13
Resolved identifiers
2

Resolved substance identity

CAS:84775-80-4
EC:283-909-7
Ingredient index records:
BACKHOUSIA CITRIODORA LEAF/TWIG WATER
Cosmetic functions: FRAGRANCE

Backhousia Citriodora Leaf/Twig Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the leaves and twigs of Backhousia citriodora, Myrtaceae.

1 matched or reported name
BACKHOUSIA CITRIODORA LEAF/TWIG WATER

Official name structure and source evidence

This section separates facts supplied by external records from structure derived only from the exact official label wording.

Structured interpretation of the official EU INCI label

Matchedlabel-analysis-v1 · EU 2025/1175

The official label is a composite INCI name with 2 named source-material segments. Each segment must be reconciled with the supplier specification.

Identity type inferred from wording
composite
Preparation or form stated in the name
WATER
Parts stated in the name
LEAF, TWIG
Review 2 parsed source-name segments
  1. BACKHOUSIA CITRIODORA LEAF
  2. TWIG WATER
Scientific-name candidates requiring taxonomy verification:
Backhousia citriodora

This structure is derived only from the official label wording. It does not establish composition, concentration, chemical equivalence, safety or regulatory permission.

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Verified source-organism taxonomy

Scientific names embedded in the official INCI label were resolved by exact-name search against an immutable Catalogue of Life release.

2026-07-17 XR

Backhousia citriodora

accepted

F.Muell.

Rank
species
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Backhousia
COL ID
5VYFN
sweet verbena-treeLemon-scented MyrtleLemon myrtleAustralian lemon myrtlelemon ironwoodlemon-scent backhousialemon-scent myrtlelemon-scent verbena
Open Catalogue of Life record

Catalogue of Life 2026-07-17 XR · DOI 10.48580/dgykv · CC BY 4.0.

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name BACKHOUSIA CITRIODORA LEAF/TWIG WATER.

That is a statement about this inventory, not about the law: no imported rule is not evidence that a substance is permitted. A rule may exist under a different name, under a CAS or EC number this glossary entry does not carry, or in a dataset not yet imported.

Other ingredients from the same source

Backhousia citriodora

sweet verbena-treeLemon-scented MyrtleLemon myrtle

4 other ingredients in this inventory name the same organism. Sharing a source is not sharing an identity: a leaf extract, a seed oil and a ferment are different materials with different specifications.

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Official source and scope

Imported from Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 (dataset version EU 2025/1175). The glossary supplies common ingredient names for the ingredient list required by Article 19(1)(g); it is not an approval or safety list.

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