Caiaue (Ojon) Oil - Wild Harvested & Unrefined

Trademarked as Ojon™ oil and used in all sorts of hair products with the same name, Caiaué oil or Caiajon or OjonNat oil, as it is now known, has increasingly become one of the most sought-after ingredients for hair treatment.The Caiaué Palm (Elais oleifera), also called the American Oil Palm, belongs to the same species as the African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis). It grows from Central America to northern South America. In Brazil, the tree predominates in the Amazon Region and is found naturally in small groups in open areas near the riverbanks and lakes.The Caiaué fruit grows in bunches like the fruit of the African Oil Palm, and the fruits have similar characteristics. The fruit has been used for generations, often by isolated communities, as a food source as well as for treatment and protection of skin and hair.The rudimentary method for extraction of the oil, still used today by remote indigenous communities, begins by cooking the fruits in boiling water up to 2 hours. The cooked