Coconut Oil
| Botanical name : |
Cocos nucifera L. |
| Production process : |
Fat oil obtained by pressure from the dried albumen of Cocos nucifera
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| INCI : |
COCOS NUCIFERA OIL |
| N° CAS / EINECS : |
8001-31-8/-/232-282-8 |
Characteristics :
| Physical state : |
Solid at ambient temperature (~ 20 ° C), slightly turbid liquid at a temperature> 30 ° C. |
| Color : |
White to Light-yellow |
| Odour : |
Characteristic |
| Main components : |
Lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid |
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History & Traditions :
Coconut is native to Indonesia, the Philippines or India.It is now acclimatized in most tropical countries.
It comes from the coconut tree, a tree of the family of palm trees measuring 25 meters high. Its leaves are long, thin and pointed in light green and dark green. Its fruit is surrounded by a brown spherical shell containing a white and smooth albumen. In the middle is a sweet liquid often drunk as is.
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