Seventeen monoterpenoids, six sesquiterpenoids, and nine diterpenoids have been identified by GC/MS in the essential oil of the mature foliage ofPodocarpus totaraG. Benn ex D. Don. The major monoterpenoids were α-pinene, sabinene, limonene, α-terpinene and α-terpineol. The major sesquiterpenes were β-elemene, α-humulene, β-caryophyllene, and β-selinene, while the major diterpenes were 13-isopropylpodocarpa-6,13-diene, rimuene and kaurene. The oil also contained 2,10,10-trimethyl-6-methylidene-1-oxaspiro(4,5)dec-7-ene, a theaspirane. In addition, the oil contained many unidentified minor components, especially sesquiterpene alcohols or epoxides.