Uses:
– Harvested for its wood
– Source of traditional medicinal remedies for intestinal worms
– Amazon Indians Waiãpi treat malaria with vapor from leaves
Ucuhuba seed oil:
– Contains 13% lauric acid, 69% myristic acid
– Also has 7% palmitic acid and traces of oleic and linoleic acid
– Myristic and lauric acids make up 91.3% of total fatty acids
Ucuhuba butter:
– Lauric acid: 16.0 – 20.0% weight
– Myristic acid: 72.0 – 76.0% weight
– Palmitic acid: 7.0 – 9.0% weight
– 100% saturated
References:
– IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
– Germplasm Resources Information Network
– Journal of Ethnopharmacology
– The Lipid Handbook with CD-ROM
– Analysis of triglycerides by consecutive chromatographic techniques.