Igama lesiLatini: Amyris Balsamifera.
 Inxalenye yeSityalo esisetyenzisiweyo : Imithi kunye namaSebe.
 Umthombo: Jamaica.
 Indlela Yokukhupha : I-Steam Distillation.
 I-oyile ye-Amyris ebalulekileyo ikwabizwa ngokuba yi-West Indian Sandalwood oil kuba ivumba layo likhumbuza i-sandalwood. Ifunyanwa ngokuxutywa komphunga kwixolo kunye namasebe omthi we-Amyris balsamifera. Ngenxa yeoyile eninzi, olu khuni luvutha lodwa, njengekhandlela, kwaye lubizwa ngokuba ngumthi wekhandlela ngabantu basekuhlaleni. Yeyona ndlela ingabizi kakhulu kwisandalwood esulungekileyo.
 Le oli isetyenziselwe ukucoca amanxeba, kunye nokunyanga umkhuhlane,  urhudo. Kuthiwa iyasebenza kakhulu ekudambiseni i-cystitis kunye nosulelo lobufazi. Xa isetyenziswa kwi-vaporiser, inceda ukuthomalalisa unxunguphalo kunye ne-ension, ukuphuthelwa, kwaye isebenze njenge-aphrodisiac, ikhulula ukungabi namandla kunye ne-frigidity. Isetyenziselwa ukunyanga ukhohlokhohlo kunye nengqele, kunye ne-bronchitis. Iimpawu zayo zokuzola kuthiwa zinceda ngexesha lokucamngca. Kwakhona sisihlunu  iyaphumla kwaye ihlaziyekile. 
 Imvelaphi yebhotani yomthi ovelisa le oli yayingaziwa de kwangomnyaka ka 1886 xa umahluko omkhulu phakathi kwesi sityalo kunye nesandalwood yokwenyani yachongwa ngokuhlolwa kwe microscopic yamagqabi. Umthi we-Amyris balsamifera ukhula endle eHaiti naseJamaica ngenxa yeempawu zabo zokuphilisa kunye nevumba elimnandi, iioyile ezibalulekileyo zazibonwa njengexabiso elingaphezulu kunegolide kubantu bakudala.