Next to East Indian sandalwood oil, the west Australian oil is the most important of the various types of true sandalwood oils in perfumery. The oil is obtained by a combination of solvent extraction and steam distillation of the wood from a small west Australian wildgrowing tree, Eucaria Spicata. Since the wood is also suitable for woodcarving and incense making, the better lumber is exported as such to India and other eastern countries where it is used as sandalwood equal to the East Indian sandalwood. The Australian tree is a close relative to the parent tree of East Indian sandalwood oil.