Abstract The volatile components of the fruits from nine collections of Clusia nemorosa G. Mey. from two municipalities (TamandarÃ©: T1â3 and Cabo de Santo Agostinho: N1â3; G1â3) of the coastal region of Pernambuco, Northeast of Brazil, in two kind of soil, rocky rich in iron (N1â3) and sandy clays (T1â3 and G1â3), were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The isolated oils were obtained in similar yields, 0.1â0.3 % (w/w) and 0.1â0.2% (w/w) in the samples from Taman- darÃ© (T1â3) and Fortress NazarÃ© (N1â3) and in the samples from GaibÃº (G1â3), respectively. The oil samples can be characterized by the abundance of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, while the percentage of oxygenated sesquiterpenes was higher in the samples collected in TamandarÃ© (T1â3: 20.4â22.0%) and GaibÃº (G1â3: 17.6â20.4%). Monoterpenes hydrocarbons were totally absent in all samples. All samples showed Î²-caryophyllene (37.3â48.6%) as the principal component. Based on the information of other major components, two subtypes of C. nemorosa growing wild in Pernambuco, Brazil, can be established