This oil comes from Madagascar where the wild picking of fruits of Calophyllum tree gives to the small peasants an economical activity and a living.

The calophyllum tree is a sacred tree which grows naturally on the border of the Indian ocean, and particularly in Madagascar where it is called Forah. It grows in the wild in the swamps among the mangroves, along the beaches, and gives a little fruit. Traditionally, it its nuts have nutritional and medicinal properties. By cold pressing the nuts, an oil considered as sacred by the old Malagasy people, is obtained. Calophyllic acid is thus obtained which is used in pharmaceutical preparations.

This oil’s properties act on the three layers of the skin : epidermis, dermis and hypodermis. Used externally, locally, in massages, this oil has lots of properties which were clinically studied. It reinforces de immune system, fights against infection,  thins the blood, reduces skin allergies…

The applications are numerous, as this oil has a regenerative and healing action. It is recommended for :

• Face care (delays the wrinkles formation) : Protection against UV  A and B and sunburns
• Massage of the body, recommended for stretch marks and body pains : Aging spots
• In massage of the scalp, it reduces dandruffs : Heavy legs
•  Protection against mosquito bytes : Chilblains and chaps

As for any other oil, at cold temperature, resins appear in this oil : they are all natural and melt on the skin when applied. 

*ECOCERT control SAS F32600

100% of the total of ingredients comes from organic agriculture