Mimosa hostilis as a everyday healer
Mimosa hostilis (tepezcohuite) bark has long been valued as a botanical ingredient in cosmetic and skin-care preparations. Its naturally high tannin content makes it a popular raw material to blend into creams, lotions, ointments and soaps.
The bark naturally contains compounds such as tannins, flavonoids and phytosterols, which is why powdered tepezcohuite is widely used as an ingredient in the cosmetics industry, from facial masks and scrubs to serums and body lotions.
Traditional cosmetic use
Across Mexico and Brazil the bark has traditionally been associated with skin care, applied externally as part of cosmetic preparations. In Mexico it even earned the nickname tree of skin for this long-standing cosmetic role.
A versatile botanical
Beyond cosmetics, the bark is valued as a natural dye and tanning material and for decorative and ethnobotanical interest. We offer it as a botanical raw material for these legitimate applications.
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