andiroba
crabwood
carapa guianensis latin

The oil contained in the andiroba almond is light yellow and extremely bitter.

Andiroba oil is one of the most commonly sold medicinal oils in the Amazon.

The name andiroba is from Nheengatu nhandi rob, meaning "bitter oil".

The three headed for a grove of andiroba trees, surrounded by shoulder-high wild cotton weeds.

Common names include andiroba and crabwood.

Their idea was not to stop their old farming practices overnight but to combine them with the sustainable extraction of oil from the andiroba tree.

Andiroba oil is extracted from light brown seeds collected from beaches and rivers, where they float after being shed by the trees or from the forest ground.

During the 1920s, immigrants moved to Maraba mainly to participate in the extraction and sale of Brazil nuts, andiroba, copaiba oils and rubber.

Using koa from Hawaii, andiroba from South America and muirapinga, he cuts the exotic woods to enhance their natural grains and colors.

Walking through the exuberant Amazon rainforest forest, Dedel pointed out the trees, including andiroba, Brazil nut, and cupuacu, from which his community extracts oil.

The heir to the throne was then due to walk to see the production of oil from andiroba tree seeds and the production of furniture from fallen wood.

Other online sources make reference to Fevillea pedatifolia (formerly Fevillea peruviana), Fevillea trilobata (in Brazil, known as the Andiroba), and to Fevillea passiflora.

As many farming communities already sell fruit and vegetables or milk to regional cooperatives, Mr. Luppi is simply asking those cooperatives to start handling oil pressed from Brazil nuts, andiroba and passion fruit seeds, too.

A second plant processes, packages and exports Brazil nuts to Europe and the United States, while another is being built to process natural oils from the jungle like andiroba, used as a mosquito repellent, and copaiba, an anti-inflammatory agent.

The visitors center at the main entrance of the park has a brief but interesting movie about the muriqui, and a display of species of native tropical woods with melodic and exotic names: itambarana, candiuba, andiroba, sapucaia and of course jacaranda.

In one such case, it noted that during the rainy season on the island of Marajó, also in the state of Pará, the women collected andiroba seeds - a source of essential oils for beauty companies - that washed up on the beaches and river banks.

As the sun dropped behind a row of crabwood trees, the American team began to take batting practice.

Crabwood is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

Constructed of greenheart and crabwood, the cathedral was described by Fr.

Crabwood Creek is the home to one primary school while the secondary schools are in Corriverton.

There are about eight to ten sawmills in Crabwood Creek that employs more than 150 workers.

The factory also produced almonds and crabwood (Carapa procera).

Common names include andiroba and crabwood.

Additional rockland hammock species include crabwood and spicewood.

Because the sugar factory is the main source of jobs for Crabwood Creek, changes in the sugar factory have a dramatic effect on the village.

Carapa guianensis - crabwood (New World tropics)

Crabwood Tree Carapa procera (South America and Africa)

Crabwood Creek sits on the coast of the Corentyne River, the border between Guyana and Suriname.

Crabwood Creek is a small community on the Corentyne River in the East Berbice-Corentyne region of Guyana.

Crabwood Creek is also home to the government sponsored Crabwood Creek Health Centre.

Around this time Sculpture In The Woods, Keith's first solo show was held at the Crabwood Nature Reserve, Winchester.

With assistance from the World Bank, this factory will be built as a co-generation plant, providing stable electricity to the residents of the surrounding communities, including Crabwood Creek.

Crabwood Creek is located approximately two miles from the larger town of Corriverton, home to the Guyana Sugar Corporation's skeldon Estate which provides jobs to a majority of the surrounding communities.

There are rural library centres in Aishalton, Albion, Anna Regina, Bartica, Buxton, Crabwood Creek, Hague Village, Mocha, Lethem, Santa Mission and Woodley Park.

Abarema jupunba - Delmare Abarema, Crabwood, Dalmare, Delmare, Jumbie Head, Soapy-soapy; Wild Tamarin (Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Gymnanthes lucida, commonly known as shiny oysterwood or crabwood, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, that is native to southern Florida in the United States, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America.

In 1940, the buildings were seriously damaged in the Blitz as a result of which Ordnance Survey moved much of its activities to temporary buildings at sites in Chessington in Surrey and by Crabwood House in Maybush, on the outskirts of Southampton.

Original 106fm was formerly a radio station broadcasting to the Solent region of southern England, centred on the towns and cities of Portsmouth, Southampton and Bournemouth, from its transmitters at Chillerton Down, Mannings Heath (Poole) and Crabwood Farm (Winchester).

In December 2009 authorities arrested police constable Colin Jonas and an accomplice for robbing a businessperson of cash and jewelry worth 500,000 Guyanese dollars ($2,500) at his shop in Crabwood Creek.

It often grows in association with the oil tree Pentaclethra macroloba, the almond Dipteryx panamensis and the mahogany Carapa guianensis.

Impact of Logging on Carapa Guianensis Genetic Resources, Université McGill.