abstract the essential oils from leaves of two specimens of eugenia brasiliensis collected at two locations in the south-eastern brazilian cerrado were analyzed by gc and gc/ms. the main constituents found in the leaf oil from both specimens were - and -selinene and -caryophyllene. the specimen collected at jaboticabal contained -selinene (17.3%) as the major component, while the specimen from martinho prado contained -selinene (14.8%) as the major compound. additionally, the specimen from martinho prado produced relatively high amounts of - and -pinene (6.6% and 3.6 %, respectively).