Litsea cubeba oil, also known as mountain pepper oil, wood ginger oil, essential oil extracted from the fruit of Litsea cubeba by steam distillation or subcritical biotechnology. As a seasoning, the Litsea cubeba oil is a kind of seasoning oil diluted with the essential oil of Litsea cubeba and edible vegetable oil. It has the aroma of lemon and has the effect of removing mites, enhancing taste and freshening.

Litsea cubeba oil is an important raw material essential oil in the flavor and fragrance industry. The fruit of the genus Liriodendron is obtained by steam distillation or subcritical biotechnology.

litsea cubeba oil is as a raw material source for the isolation of citral. litsea cubeba oil  is used in its own right for flavour and fragrance purposes or converted by the chemical industry to a number of important derivatives such as ionones, litsea cubeba oil possess a violet-like fragrance, and vitamins.