What is babassu oil?

Babass oil is derived from the fruit of the palm of Babass, a tree originally from tropical rainforests in Brazil. Oil is similar to coconut oil and is used in cooking and cosmetics. It has a light yellow color and half -cover at room temperature, but easily melts when it shakes into the skin. This oil is increasingly becoming a substitute for coconut oil and its wild harvest is the main industry in Brazil. South American natives called the tree babassa and d'orbigny gave him the scientific name orbignnya oleifer . This palm grows up to 20 feet (6.1 meters) high. It has several clusters up to 500 fruit that resemble small coconut nuts. The oil is derived from the cold pushing of the seeds of these fruits. Babass oil consists of 70 percent of lipids with a high percentage of Lauric and myristic acids. It is these acids that give oil to its low melting. It is a common ingredient in skin breeds, creams, lip balms and hair conditioners. Oil forms a protective layer of skin that is not oily nEbo glossy, and can be used on all skin types. It is also useful for people with eczema and other types of dermatitis because it is gentle and non -comedogenic.

Babass oil is also commonly used in soaps. It is easily converted to soap and produces a hard rod. Soaps made with this plant extract in the foam quite well, but usually mix with other oils with a higher oil content, such as sunflower oil, to prevent soap from drying the skin. Babass soap oil is easily absorbed into the skin and soothes itchy skin.

Scientists experimented with Babass oil as biofuels and in 2008 sponsor Virgin Airways sponsorpocus, in which Babassu and coconut oils were used to partially drive one Boeing 747 engine. to de-zora. Shells fruit can also be used jAKO biomass for fuel after oil harvest.