Abstract A hydrodistilled oil from the flowers of Pittosporum tobira cultivated in the Attica region of Greece, was subjected to GC/MS analysis. Forty-five constituents were identified from the oil. The main constituents were nonane (14.3%), undecane (8.6%), Î±-pinene (7.3%), myrcene (6.1%), (E)-nerolidol (4.9%), (E)-Î²-ocimene (4.4%) and viridiflorol (4.3%).