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    Ucuhuba butter facts and benefits

    By SylviaMarch 1, 2017Updated:June 8, 2017No Comments6 Mins Read
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    Ucuhuba nut butter facts and benefits

    Ucuuba scientifically known as Virola surinamensis is a tall tree that produces a small red fruit. It is a native tree of the floodplains found throughout the Amazonian region, but it is found throughout Central and South America. The indigenous name of the tree means grease (ucu) and tree (yba). Apart from ucuuba it is also known as Baboonwood and Wild Nutmeg. It prefers flooded regions, and reaches a height of 25 to 35 m. A mature tree can produce between 30 to 50 kg of seeds per year. The seeds are so rich in fats that butter extract yields can reach 50% per kilo of seeds (dry weight).

    Ucuuba Butter is a natural butter, cold pressed from the seeds of the Ucuuba tree. It is not processed. The resulting butter is light brown, soft & dry in consistency. Ucuuba butter is ultra-rich in Lauric, Myristic and Palmitic acid – essential in healthy cell development, regulation of the immune system and maintenance of healthy skin and hair. Ucuuba butter is also rich in vitamin A and C, and in unsaturated fatty acids. Ucuuba Butter is said to have anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties and is ideal for treating acne, eczema and dry or irritated skin, effective for treating rheumatism, arthritis and skin ulcerations as well as to make soaps and aromatic candles.

    Nutritional value

    Apart from their amazing taste, Ucuhuba butter is a good source of nutrients, vitamins and minerals. Consuming 13.6 gram of Ucuhuba nut butter offers 13.6 g of Total Fat and 0.08 mg of Vitamin E.

      

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    Health benefits of Ucuuba butter

    With all the mentioned nutrients we all agree that ucuuba butter can have countless uses, particularly in the skin care industry. We will try and highlight a few uses because if we were to cover all the benefits in depth we will spend days and probably weeks attempting to cover them all.

    1. Treat skin conditions

    Its first use is to be used as an antiseptic and an anti-inflammatory which makes it the ideal product to treat acne, eczema and dry irritated skin. These are skin conditions that make the skin uncomfortable and result in bad skin conditions. To avoid having these skin conditions, it would be only advisable to use ucuuba butter to nourish and keep your skin healthy.

    2. Maintain Youthful Appearance

    This precious butter is also known for its anti-ageing properties. Due to its high concentration of fatty acids and fats, it is able to penetrate quickly through the skin and to help the skin maintain its moisture. When the skin maintains its moisture it remains tender and smooth while at the same time it remains relaxed. All these are some of the causes of skin ageing fast. If you incorporate ucuuba butter into your skin regimen then your skin will always look young and fresh.

    Traditional uses and benefits of Ucuuba Butter

    • Ucuuba Butter is exceptionally rich in essential fatty acids and can be used to replenish tone and moisture to dry or mature skin.
    • It is used to treat rheumatism, arthritis, colic, ulcers, and hemorrhoids.
    • Ucuuba Butter is ideal for making pomades, creams, lotions, body butters and other skin-care formulations.
    • Due to its dark brown color, this butter can be used to produce dark, richly colored soaps.
    • Ucuuba Butter is said to have anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties and is ideal for treating acne, eczema and dry or irritated skin.
    • Tree was used to treat intestinal worms.
    • Amazon Indians of Brazil, treat malaria with an inhalation of vapor obtained from leaves of Ucuuba.
    • It’s also used as a ceremonial hallucinogenic and as snuff by other tribes.

    Other Facts

    • Wood is of excellent quality and is used for particleboard and laminated wood.
    • Oil is used as an ingredient of candles and to burn for light, which spreads an aromatic odor.
    • It is ideal for making pomades, creams, lotions, body butters and other skin-care formulations.
    • It can be used as a natural coloring agent in soaps.
    • It is sometimes used in candles made with vegetable-based waxes.

    Ucuuba Facts

    Ucuuba is a tall tree which produces small red fruit and is native to the floodplains found throughout the Amazonian region, but it is found throughout Central and South America. Its botanical name is Virola surinamensis and it is also called Baboonwood and Wild Nutmeg. It prefers flooded regions, and reaches a height of 25 to 35 m. A mature tree can produce between 30 to 50 kg of seeds per year. The seeds are so rich in fats that butter extract yields can reach 50% per kilo of seeds (dry weight). Butter is light brown, soft & dry in consistency. Ucuuba has anti-aging properties and can be used to replenish, tone and moisture dry and mature skin. It is also successful for treating rheumatism, arthritis and skin ulcerations as well as to make soaps and aromatic candles.

    Ucuuba Butter Quick Facts
    Name: Ucuuba Butter
    Scientific Name: Virola surinamensis
    Origin Native to Central and South America
    Colors Red
    Calories 120 Kcal./cup
    Major nutrients Total Fat (38.86%)
    Vitamin E (0.53%)
    Health benefits Maintain Youthful Appearance, Treat skin conditions
    Name Ucuuba nut butter
    Scientific Name Virola surinamensis
    Native Native to Central and South America
    Common Names Baboonwood and Wild Nutmeg
    Name in Other Languages English: Baboonwood, Dollywood, ucahuba-nut, white ucuuba,
    French: Muscadier fou
    Spanish: Chalviande, cumala blanca 
    German: Baboen
    Portuguese (Brazil): Andiroba, ucuuba, ucuúba-da-várzea, ucuúba-verdadeira
    Growth habit Tall Tree
    Growing Climate Prefers flooded regions
    Plant Size 25 to 35 m.
    Trunk 80 cm. in diameter
    Leaf Leaf blades coriaceous, narrowly oblong, parallel-margined, 10-22 cm. long (sometimes shorter on flowering branchlets), 2-5 cm. broad (sometimes up to 35 by 6 cm.), subcordate, rounded, obtuse or acute at base, cuspidate, acute or short acuminate at apex, pale puberulent beneath (hairs sessile- stellate, 5-8-branched, 0.1-0.25 mm. in diameter), the costa plane or shallowly grooved above
    Fruit Small red fruit
    Butter Color Brown to yellow in color
    Flavor/Aroma Rich, warm beeswax like
    Extraction Method Cold pressed
    Health benefits
    • Treat skin conditions
    • Maintain Youthful Appearance
    Major Nutrition Total Fat (lipid) 13.6 g (38.86%)
    Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 0.08 mg (0.53%)
    Calories in 1 tbsp (13.6 g) 120 K cal

    References:

    http://mosskincare.com/what-is-ucuuba-butter/

    http://www.naturaloilsandbutters.com/uccuba-butter/

    http://www.vitaeorganics.com/Organically-GrownWild-Harvested-Unrefined-Ucuuba-Butter_p_32.html

    https://www.mysticmomentsuk.com/ucuuba-butter.html

    https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=41806

    https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=18123#null

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    Ucuuba Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name:Virola surinamensis

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants)
    Subkingdom Viridiplantae
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta (Land plants)
    Superdivision Embryophyta     
    Division Tracheophyta (Vascular plants, tracheophytes)
    Sub division Spermatophytina  (Spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames)
    Class Magnoliopsida
    Superorder Magnolianae
    Order Magnoliales
    Family Myristicaceae
    Genus Virola Aubl.
    Species Virola surinamensis (Rol. ex Rottb.) Warb.
    Synonyms
    • Myristica fatua Houtt.
    • Myristica fatua Sw.
    • Myristica gracilis A.DC.
    • Myristica sebifera var. longifolia Lam.
    • Myristica surinamensis Rol. ex Rottb.
    • Palala gracilis (A.DC.) Kuntze
    • Palala surinamensis (Rol. ex Rottb.) Kuntze            
    • Virola carinata var. gracilis Warb.
    • Virola glaziovii Warb.
    • Virola nobilis A.C. Sm.
    • Ucuuba Butter
    Nutritional value of Ucuuba Butter
    Serving Size: 1 tbsp 13.6 g

    Calories 120 Kcal. Calories from Fat  122.4Kcal.

     

    Proximity Amount % DV
    Energy 120 Kcal N/D
    Energy 503 kJ N/D
    Total Fat (lipid) 13.6 g 38.86%

     
    Vitamins Amount % DV
    Fat soluble Vitamins
    Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 0.08 mg 0.53%

     
    Lipids Amount % DV
    Fatty acids, total saturated 11.587 g N/D
    Lauric acid (dodecanoic acid) 12:00 1.659 g N/D
    Myristic acid  14:00(Tetradecanoic acid) 8.622 g N/D
    Palmitic acid 16:00 (Hexadecanoic acid) 1.17 g N/D
    Stearic acid 18:00 (Octadecanoic acid) 0.136 g N/D
    Fatty acids, total monounsaturated 0.911 g N/D
    Oleic acid 18:1 (octadecenoic acid) 0.911 g N/D
    Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated 0.394 g N/D
    Linoleic acid 18:2 (octadecadienoic acid) 0.394 g N/D
    Phytosterols 13 mg N/D

     

    *Above mentioned Percent Daily Values (%DVs) are based on 2,000 calorie diet intake. Daily values (DVs) may be different depending upon your daily calorie needs. Mentioned values are recommended by a U.S. Department of Agriculture. They are not healthbenefitstimes.com recommendations. Calculations are based on average age of 19 to 50 years and weighs 194 lbs.

     

    Source:
    https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/

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