Database/Antimicrobial/Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil natural?

Yes. Cold-pressed directly from Calophyllum inophyllum (tamanu) seeds; whole vegetable oils are natural origin under this site's convention.

INCI nameCalophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil
FunctionAntimicrobial · Antioxidant
FeedstockObtained by expression (cold-pressing) of tamanu tree seeds.…

How we scored it

Fixed oil expressed from tamanu seeds; botanical vegetable oil is natural origin. 100% natural mass.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Obtained by expression (cold-pressing) of tamanu tree seeds. No synthetic alternative exists under this INCI name.

In plain English

Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil, also called tamanu oil, is pressed from the seeds of the tamanu tree. It's used to condition skin and hair and is a traditional Pacific-island remedy oil.

CosIng definition: Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed oil is the fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Calophyllum inophyllum, Hypericaceae

References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2CALOPHYLLUM INOPHYLLUM SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CALOPHYLLUM INOPHYLLUM SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CALOPHYLLUM%20INOPHYLLUM%20SEED%20OIL