Muira puama, also called "potency wood," is a small tree that grows to 5 m high and is native to the Brazilian Amazon and other parts of the Amazon rainforest. The small, white flowers have a pungent fragrance similar to jasmine's. The olacoides variety is usually preferred, as it has a higher content of lupeol (one of the plant's active phytochemicals). A completely different species of Brazilian tree, Liriosma ovata, also known by the common name of muira puama (and is often sold in commerce as such); however, it is a completely different tree with a different phytochemical makeup. The main plant chemicals found in muira puama include: alpha -copaene, alpha -elemene, alpha -guaiene, alpha -humulene, alpha -muurolene, alpha -pinene, alpha-resinic acid, alpha -terpinene, arachidic acid, allo -aromadendren, behenic acid, beta - bisabolene, beta-caryophyllene, beta -pinene, beta -resinic acid, beta -sitosterol, beta -transfarnesene, borneol, campesterols, camph ene, camphor, car -3-ene, caryophyllene, cerotic acid, chromium, coumarin, cubebene, delta -cadinene, dotriacontanoic acid, elixene, ergosterols, eugenol, essential oils, gamma - muurolene, hentriacontanoic acid, heptacosanoic acid, lignoceric acid, limonene, linalool, lupeol, melissic acid, montanic acid, muirapuamine, myrcene, nonacosanoic acid, para-cymene, pentacosanoic acid, phlobaphene, stigmasterols, trichosanic acid, and uncosanic acid.
Product Details - Botanical Name: Ptychopetalum olacoides
- Family Na me: Olacaceae
- Common Names: Muira Puama, MaraPuama, Marapama,
Potency Wood, pau-homen, Potenzholz - Part Used: Bark and root
- Habitat: Inhabitant of Brazil
- Product offered: Bark, Root, Extract
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