Description

Common Name Standardized: catuaba Botanical Name Trichilia catigua A. Juss.
Plant Family: Meliaceae

Introduction Catuaba (pronounced kot-chew-BAH) is a smaller flowering tree of the Amazon jungle. It bears orange and yellow flowers that produce a yellowish-brown, inedible fruit. The Tupi tribe in northern Brazil discovered the qualities of catuaba several hundred years ago. Trading the herb throughout South America, the Tupis have made catuaba the most popular of all the Amazonian.