Tucuma Fruit Oil - Wild Harvested & Unrefined

This species is native to the Amazon region, possibly to the state of Pará, where it has its center of dispersion, reaching until French Guiana and Suriname. It is a characteristic palm of terra firme, low vegetation cover, or even open fields. There exist two varieties of Tucuma palms in the Amazon, the Tucuma-do-Para (Astocaryum vulgare) and the Tucuma-do-Amazonas (Astocaryum Tucuma). The tree of Tucuma-do-Para is with 10 to 15 m smaller in height, regenerates easily by forming several stems, while the Tucuma-do-Amazonas can reach 25 m in height and form a solitary trunk. Its fruits are larger, its pulp is more fleshy, less fibrous, and less sweet than the Tucuma-do-para. The kernel (or seed) of Tucuma-do-para is covered externally with an orange pulp of oily consistency.  The pulp is very nutritious containing one of the highest concentrations of pro-vitamin A “beta carotene” (52000 mg per 100 g), equal only in value to that of buriti fruit oil.  Tucuma butter is pressed from the ke