The most important of them, from an economic point of view, is the babassu.

Then he starts talking about babassu coconuts.

This plant has commercial value because its seeds produce an edible oil called babassu oil, which is also used in cleaners and skin care products.

The palm tree Orbignya phalerata Mart, a species popularly known in Brazil as babassu.

As a result of public pressure the industries were forced to change its production model, investing in reforestation and charcoal production through the babassu coconut palm.

The Virgin Atlantic 747 flew from London to Amsterdam using a 20pc biofuel mix of coconut and babassu oil.

This is because Babassu grows in forested areas that require deforestation, rather than in arid and land with marginal use like the Jatropha plant.

Due to its climate, vegetation has a typical, composed of babassu and coconut palms of the carnauba (Forest of Cocais).

In the last few years, Branson has touted sustainable aviation biofuel from the babassu nut, a South American palm: whatever happend to that route, Richard?

The babassu palm (Orbignya phalerata) in Brazil is pollinated by a beetle, Mystrops mexicana, perhaps supplemented by wind.

People from this area are greatly dependent on extraction from babassu, carnaúba, tucúm and macaúba, from which lauric and oleic oils are made from.

The natives of Brazil farmed cassava, peanuts, tobacco, sweet potatoes and maize, in addition to extracting the essence from other local plants such as the pequi and the babassu.

Aveda has financed the construction of and training for a babassu processing facility, a soap-making facility and a paper press for processing babassu fibers.

During February 2008, a mixture of babassu oil and coconut oil was used to partially power one engine of a Boeing 747, in a biofuel trial sponsored by Virgin Atlantic Airways.

In February 2008, Babassu Palm oil was used in a blend with Coconut oil and jet fuel to power one engine of a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 during a flight test.

Attalea speciosa (Babassu, Babassu palm, Babaçu, Cusi) is a palm native to the Amazon Rainforest region in South America.

The first route involves using oil which is extracted from plant sources like jatropha, algae, tallows, other waste oils, Babassu and camelina to produce bio-SPK (Bio derived synthetic paraffinic Kerosene) by cracking and hydroprocessing.

Within two years, conservatory visitors used to wandering through a hodgepodge of rooms stuffed with ferns, palms, cycads and cactuses will instead find themselves in a lowland jungle staring at a babassu palm, learning how it is used for food or fiber.

Babassu oil or cusi oil is a clear light yellow vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the babassu palm (Attalea speciosa), which grows in the Amazon region of South America.

Virgin Atlantic successfully tested a biofuel blend consisting of 20 percent babassu nuts and coconut and 80 percent conventional jet fuel, which was fed to a single engine on a 747 flight from London Heatrow to Amsterdam Schiphol.

As part of this test Virgin Atlantic Airways flew a Boeing 747 from London Heathrow Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on 24 February 2008, with one engine burning a combination of coconut oil and babassu oil.

In 1995, Aveda partnered with a community collective that the babassu nut breakers of the Brazilian Amazon had formed to obtain certified organic babassu for use in the creation of a foaming cleansing element known as "babassu betaine".