... , or tsubaki oil) is an edible, pale amber-green fixed oil with a sweet, herbal aroma. It is cold-pressed mainly from ... of Camellia oleifera. Tea seed oil should not be confused with tea oil (melaleuca oil), an inedible essential oil extracted from ... leaves of paperbark, Melaleuca alternaifolia, and used for medicinal purposes. With its high smoke point (252°C, 485°F), tea seed ...