The oil contained in the almond andiroba is light yellow and extremely bitter.
Andiroba oil is one of the most commonly sold medicinal oils in the Amazon.
During the 1920s, immigrants moved to Maraba mainly to participate in the extraction and sale of Brazil nuts, andiroba, copaiba oils and rubber.
As many farming communities already sell fruit and vegetables or milk to regional cooperatives, Luppi is simply asking those cooperatives to start handling oil pressed from Brazil nuts, andiroba and passion fruit seeds, too.
A second plant processes, packages and exports Brazil nuts to Europe and the United States, while another is being built to process natural oils from the jungle like andiroba, used as a mosquito repellent, and copaiba, an anti-inflammatory agent.