Tucuma Butter - (Astrocaryum vulgare, Arecaceae)

This butter is the whole package! Looks, smells and feels great. It is a soft, delicious, healthier substitute to silicone and you will use it on skin, hair, Winter, Summer, alone or in a blend. The easiest exotic Brazilian butter you will ever try.

• Extraction Method: mechanically pressed seeds.

• Quality: 100 % pure, cold pressed without any chemical treatment, cosmetic quality.

• Country of origin: Brazil - wild harvested.

• Appearance:  solid butter.

• Color: Off white, pale yellow to dark beige.

• Smell:  sweet, caramel coffee, fruity.

• Touch: smooth and without grains, leaves no greasy film on the skin.

• For chemical data and fatty acid composition refer to pictures.

• The second picture is of the present batch we are carrying.

The Tucuma palm is from the same family of the Murumuru palm, the butters have similar properties. Both butters are known for their "vegetable silicone" properties, forming a transparent protective film on skin, without clogging pores, since this is a light protective butter, it is perfect for curly hair of all textures.

This butter is very easy to be used by itself or use on any DIY beauty recipes.

 PROPERTIES:

• High levels of Lauric and Myristic fatty acids

• Delicious sweet scent

• Non-greasy feel

• Perfect substitute for mineral silicone

APPLICATIONS:

• Hair finishing cream

• Hair leave-in cream

• Lipsticks and lip balms

• Sensitive skin soaps

• Protection against the elements for skin and hair

ECOLOGY

Tucuma is a palm tree that produces small hard fruits with a big seed. The pulp is very popular in the north of Brazil, where they make even sandwiches from it. Tucuma butter is made from the seeds and tucuma oil from the pulp.

Tucuma Palm is a cousin of the murumuru palm, is also native to the Amazonian region, possibly to the state of Pará, where it has its center of distribution, and reaches French Guiana and Suriname. It is a characteristic palm of terra firme (dry land), low vegetation cover, or even open fields.

Locally the leaves provide a very resistant fiber, ideal for basketry, the seeds are used for artisan jewelry making and the fruits are consumed raw or in the form of a juice called "wine of tucumã". The pulp is very nutritious containing one of the highest concentrations of provitamin A "beta-carotene" (52 milligrams per 100 g pulp).

*The Amazonian butters and oils have been tested by generations of rainforest's indigenous and ribeirinho people. They are used for cooking, baking, healing, moisturizing and protecting against the elements.

When we consume Amazonia's sustainable, non-timber-products, we give the local people an alternative to logging and farming which are the two largest responsible factors of the deforestation of such an important ecosystem.

Rainforest Chica's products are wild harvested or ethically farmed. With constant focus on sustainability and fair treatment of harvester, farmers, transporters and producers.

Product for cosmetic use only, not suited for human consumption!

This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Warnings: Avoid contact with eyes, do not ingest. In case of eye contact, flush thoroughly with water, call physician if irritation persists. Keep out of reach of children.