Copaiba oleoresin

What it is

It comes from the copaiba tree (Copaifera), a wild-growing Amazonian species. Widely sold as copaiba oil, it is botanically an oleoresin, and forms part of the traditional knowledge of the Amazon forest.

Botanical species

Botanical species

Copaifera spp.

Family

Fabaceae

Sourcing

Peruvian Amazon. The raw material is gathered in the territories of communities and associations in Purús and Pucallpa (Ucayali), and reaches us through local collectors. The company is formally registered in Ucayali.

• Purús · Ucayali
• Pucallpa · Ucayali

How it is gathered

The oleoresin is drawn by incision, a technique that does not require felling the tree, through practices that seek to preserve the balance of the forest.

• Traditional

  Plant resin valued by communities of the Amazon forest.

• Botanical

  Oleoresin from the copaiba tree (Copaifera).

• Considered

  An extraction process that lets the tree carry on growing.