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Hydnocarpus

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Noun1.Hydnocarpus - medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees
dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
family Flacourtiaceae, flacourtia family, Flacourtiaceae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs
chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra tree, chaulmugra, Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii - East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy
Hydnocarpus laurifolia, Hydnocarpus wightiana - leathery-leaved tree of western India bearing round fruits with brown densely hairy rind enclosing oily pulp that yields hydnocarpus oil


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Thereafter this Oily extract is decanted & filtered to which is added Hydnocarpus laurifolia Oil in the proportion of 0.
com Cutipure CLR INCI name: Water an hydnocarpus kurzii oil and nigella sativa seed oil and leptospermum scoparium oil and potassium lauroyl wheat amino acids and palm glycerides and caprloyl glycine and magnolia officinalis bark Use levels: 3% Applications: Cutipure CLR has multiple rebalancing effects on elevated sebum production and the formation and regulation of pimples, pustules and comedones.
It is perhaps best known for "Chalmoogra oil", obtained from the seeds of Hydnocarpus species, which has long been used in the treatment of leprosy and other skin diseases (Hegnauer, 1966).
 
 
 
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