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Mauritia flexuosa fruit oil

CAS 394239-67-9

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

906350-92-3

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Mauritia flexuosa fruit oil in plain language

What it is

On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “Mauritia flexuosa fruit extract”.

Also known as Mauritia flexuosa fruit extract · Mauritia flexuosa pulp powder · Mauritia flexuosa Oils · Buriti fruit oil · Ita fruit oil · Ita palm fruit oil

Show all 17 names

Ite palm fruit oil · Mauritia flexuosa fruit volatile oil · Mauritia minor fruit oil · Mauritia sagus fruit oil · Mauritia setigera fruit oil · Mauritia sphaerocarpa fruit oil · Mauritia vinifera fruit oil · Moriche palm fruit oil · Muriti fruit oil · Saguerus americanus fruit oil · Tree-of-life fruit oil

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a humectant, a skin-conditioning agent and an abrasive. Mauritia Flexuosa Fruit Extract is the extract obtained from the fruit of Mauritia flexuosa, Arecaceae.

  • Humectant
  • Skin conditioning
  • Abrasive
  • Conditioner
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Mauritia flexuosa fruit oil appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • EUCosIngActive3 entries
    • Mauritia Flexuosa Fruit Extract is the extract obtained from the fruit of Mauritia flexuosa, Arecaceae.Source →
    • Mauritia Flexuosa Fruit Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the fruit of Mauritia Flexuosa L., PalmaceaeSource →
    • Mauritia Flexuosa Pulp Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground fruit pulp of Mauritia flexuosa L., PalmaceaeSource →
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Humectant, Abrasive, Softener and conditioner.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Humectant, Abrasive, Softener and conditioner.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Mauritia flexuosa fruit oil. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Mauritia flexuosa fruit oil yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

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  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2019-12-20

    Open →
  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

    Open →
  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Mauritia flexuosa fruit oil in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

1

Typical roles

HumectantSkin conditioningAbrasiveConditioner
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Catalog

Found in these products

Cosmetic and personal-care products that list Mauritia flexuosa fruit oil are shown first. Their ingredient lists include Mauritia flexuosa fruit oil; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.