Murumuru Butter - (Astrocaryum murumurú, Arecaceae)

This butter has all the qualities to become your favorite: delicious scent, great feel and perfect texture. Murumuru can be used alone but it blends and formulates so well you will be tempted to try it in every way possible.

• Extraction Method: mechanically pressed seeds.

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

• Country of origin: Brazil - wild harvested.

• Appearance: hard butter, waxy.

• Color: off white, pale yellow to medium yellow, it can have some brown spots.

• Smell: sweet, nutty, fresh.

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

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

Murumuru is a wonderful butter with a delicious scent and feel. It is called the "vegetable silicone" for its ability to perfectly replace mineral silicone in skin and hair formulations. It comes from the seeds of a palm tree very abundant in the wet regions of the Amazon forest. 

Murumuru butter is rich in vitamin A and Omega fatty acids 3, 6, and 9. 
The main fatty acid found in this butter is called Lauric acid (at an astonishing 47%) It also has myristic acid, oleic, palmitic and linoleic acids. 

This butter makes a wonderful addition to hair products. It helps even sun and chemically damaged hair. Murumuru is perfect for leave-in formulations for all hair types.

PROPERTIES:

• Rich in Omega fatty acids 3, 6, and 9

• One of the richest sources of Lauric Acid

• Delicious sweet nutty scent

• Non-greasy feel

• Perfect substitute for mineral silicone

IDEAS:

• Hair finishing cream

• Hair leave-in cream

• Lipsticks and lip balms

• Sensitive skin soaps

• Protection against the elements for skin and hair

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ECOLOGY

The murumuru is a medium sized palm that can reach 10 m, it is abundant in the Brazilian Amazon, extending to the borders of Bolivia and Peru. It prefers to grow in periodically flooded areas, especially on islands and in lowlands along the rivers, in dense or semi-open forests. It is also frequently found in the lowlands of Marajo Island. The stem, leaves and stalk of fruits are covered with black, hard and tough spines that can reach over 20 cm in length, which makes harvesting the fruits difficult. Before murumuru butter became famous the acai harvesters used to cut the murumuru palm because it made it harder to walk around the forest.

When the fruit is ripe, the inflorescence falls to the ground. The fruit contains a yellow flesh that is highly appreciated by rodents as food, which leave the seeds clean. The seed has a hard shell and only in its dry state is it possible to separate the shell from the kernel of the seed.

*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.