Description:

Cupuacu (Sterculiaceae family) is a tropical tree that grows in Brazilian forests and is closely related to the cacao tree. It is cultivated for its fruits - large "pods" that take 3 to 4 months to mature. Approximately 20 centimeters long and weighing 1 to 2 kg, these fruits contain 20 to 45 seeds (cocoa beans) surrounded by a sweet-and-sour pulp.

Traditions:

In ancient times, cupuacu fruits were traded along the Rio Negro and the Orinoco, where doctors of tribes would use the juice to aid difficult births. The natives used it as an internal remedy to treat abdominal pains. The pulp is still used today to make fruit juices and sorbets.

Properties:

Cupuacu seeds can be pressed to make a butter with a soft and creamy consistency. Capable of absorbing over four times its volume of water, this butter is ideal for intensely moisturizing and replenishing the skin after sun exposure.

Soutien:

L’OCCITANE do Brasil brings the authenticity of a new story, a new land, and the first suncare range produced entirely in Brazil around a co-development approach. The story of L’OCCITANE do Brasil begins in the North, in the state of Pará, where abundant ingredients are harvested, and finishes in the South, in the São Paulo region, where all our products are processed. Buriti is collected by the local communities in the area of Igarapé Miri, where lots of native trees grow. The pulp is extracted without solvents or chemical substances.

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