page_title: Oenocarpus bataua
section_title: Uses
hierarchical_section_title: Oenocarpus bataua / Uses
caption_attribution_description: English: Virgim oil of Patauá
context_page_description: Oenocarpus bataua, the patawa, sehe, hungurahua or mingucha, is a palm tree native to the Amazon rainforest, that produces edible fruits rich in high quality oil.
context_section_description: Patawa fruits are a resource for cosmetics, food and pharmaceuticals purposes.
  Traditionally indigenous peoples have collected the fruit and matured it in tepid water in order to prepare drinks and also to extract its oil. Its drupes are 8–10% oil. The fresh meolo is edible too. 
  The rachis have been used to manufacture arrows and the leaves to make baskets and construct provisional housings.
  Additionally, Rhynchophorus larva are harvested from the palm.
caption: Oil Pataua
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