Abstract The essential oil from leaves of Vismia baccifera var. dealbata collected from Chiguará (1250 m) and La Hechicera (1800 m) were analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Several differences are clearly observed in both collections. Germacrene-D (15.8 %), α-cadinol (14.5 %), epi-α-cadinol (11.9 %), β-caryophyllene (10.1 %) and δ-cadinene (7.5 %) were the major constituents in the Chiguará sample while β-caryophyllene (45.7 %), valencene (12.3 %), β-elemene (10.7 %), α-humulene (8.9 %) and germacrene-D (6.3 %) were observed as major components in the La Hechicera sample.