Database/Skin Conditioning/Kigelia Africana Fruit Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Kigelia Africana Fruit Extract natural?

Yes. Solvent/water extract of Kigelia africana fruit; all mass traceable to the plant.

INCI nameKigelia Africana Fruit Extract
CAS223749-33-5
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockExtracted from the fruit of the sausage tree…

How we scored it

Whole fruit extract; botanical extract convention = 1.0, no computation needed.
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

Extracted from the fruit of the sausage tree (Kigelia africana), native to tropical Africa. Typically obtained by solvent or glycolic extraction of the dried fruit.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning extract made by processing the fruit of the African sausage tree. Used in skincare for its traditional skin-soothing reputation. Comes directly from the plant with no synthetic modification.

CosIng definition: Kigelia Africana Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of Kigelia africana, Bignoniaceae

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. 2KIGELIA AFRICANA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3KIGELIA AFRICANA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=KIGELIA%20AFRICANA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT