A large tropical tree native to South America that produces seeds containing oil used in traditional medicine and cosmetics.
From Tupi 'andiroba' or similar Amazonian language roots. Portuguese colonists learned the name from indigenous peoples and applied it to this valuable tree species.
Andoroba oil is so effective at repelling insects that indigenous Amazonians have used it for centuries as a natural bug spray—modern entomologists are still studying why it works so well compared to synthetic alternatives.
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