This paper studies the characteristic of cupressus oil (Cupressus benthamii Endl) from Forestry Research Institute Arboretumat Aek Nauli. The essentialoil colected fromleavesof Cupressus benthamii plant bysteam distilation of a fresh and dry leaves for seven hours. Result shows that the dry leaves provide the highest yield (0.41%) with its properties of specific gravity 0.889, refractive index 1.481, solubility on ethanol 1:5, and acid value 3.8 mg KOH/g sampel. The chemical compound of cupressus oil was dominated by ɑ-pinene (17.6%), sabinene (8.59%), 4-terpineol (6.56%), and ϒ- terpentin (5.12%).
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