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Carnauba wax
... , and then molded into blocks, to be shipped to manufacturing countries. There are a thousand and one uses for carnauba wax, but you are most likely to hear about it as the principal ingredient in fine car polishes, even applied as a spray at the car wash. Carnauba is also important for the best furniture polishes, as for hardwood floors, but can be found as coating on dental ...
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Arboretum Images 1
... eaten fresh or made into jellies, jams, cakes, pies and other delicious deserts. Left: Carnaday wax palm (Copernicia alba) native to Paraguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, and contiguous southwestern Brazil. It resembles ... spines. The leaves have a thick, waxy cuticle layer covering the epidermis. Several pieces of raw carnauba wax from C. prunifera are also shown at bottom left. A little-known fact ...
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Plant Resin & Wax Photos
... to native populations of candelilla plants. Right: This is not a bowl of corn flakes. It contains flakes of candelilla wax, painstakingly removed from the stems of candelilla plants. Flakes of candelilla wax from ... , which is exported to other countries and used for car waxes, floor waxes and shoe polish. Carnauba wax is harder than other natural waxes and many synthetic waxes, and it has a lower ...
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Floridata: Palm List
... coconut palm Copernicia baileyana Bailey palm, yarey palm Copernicia hospita Cuban Wax Palm, Guano Palm, Cano Palm Copernicia macroglossa Cuban petticoat palm, petticoat palm Copernicia prunifera carnauba wax palm Cordyline fruticosa ti plant, Hawaiian ti, cordyline Cycas circinalis queen sago, false sago, fern palm Cycas revoluta sago palm, Japanese sago palm, funeral palm Dictyosperma album ...
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Chapter 3: Taxonomy, Page 1
... , Cocos, Daemonorops, Elaeis, Geonoma, Licuala, Livistona, Metroxylon, Nypa, Phoenix, Phytelephas, etc. Economic uses, etc. Pantropically of great economic importance: coconut products, oils, dates, ivory nuts, carnauba wax, rattan cane, raffia, etc. Text courtesy and copyright 1998, L. Watson & Michael Dallwitz; reprinted here with permission. Full citation: Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M. J. (1992 ...
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Chapter 6: Economic importance and ethnobotany, Article 1
... . Baskets and mats are made from the leaves. The trunk yields a useful timber. Copernicia prunifera (carnauba wax palm), occurring in tropical South America, grows to about 10 m tall and has fan-shaped leaves. The trunk is swollen near the base. Carnauba wax--used in polishes, varnishes, and candles--is obtained from the leaves. Elaeis guineensis (African oil palm), occurring in western and ...
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San Antonio Botanical Garden 555 Funston San Antonio Texas - Conservatory/Palm and Cycad House
... Lata Palm | Lata Palm | Peaberry Palm | Queen Sago | Palma de Ia Virgen Old Man Palm | Sealing Wax Palm | Chonta Palm | Fishtail Palm | Bamboo Cycad Buccaneer Palm | Zombia Palm | Root Spine Palm | Triangle ... Petticoat Palm Copernicia macroglossa Cuba Arecaceae - Palm 20-30 feet This is the source for carnauba wax. It was once used in phonograph records and currently used for polishes and candles. ...
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Decorating and Design
... , Doors, Walls (44) Styles (14) Articles in Decorating and Design How to Apply Wax to Wood Wax can make an old finish look new again while protecting the wood underneath. Good waxes contain carnauba and beeswax, and some have a silicone element to add shine. By eHow Expert | Article Rating: How to Arrange Picture Groups on a Wall Instead of ...
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