abstract essential oil was isolated from the leaves of callistemon salignus 'rubra' collected from two provinces using hydrodistillation method. analyses of the compound were done using gc and gc/ms. between 16-22 compounds were identified, accounting for 90.1-98.5% of the oil samples. the characterized oil samples show a high percentage of oxygen-containing monoterpenes in all the localities. 1,8-cineole was found to be the main component in all the samples being present in the range of 44.4-85.4%. others prominent compounds of the oils were -pinene (6.2-27.8%), -terpineol (tr-6.8%) and e-()-ocimene (tr-6.7%). key word index: callistemon salignus 'rubra'myrtaceaeessential oil composition1,8-cineole-pinene