| In the northeastern region of Brazil, near the Amazon, indigenous women harvest nuts from babassu palms. |
| Color Conserve has ingredients like babassu betaine, which will clean gently without washing colour away. |
| Tests using blends of conventional jet fuel with alternative biofuels began in 2008 with a Virgin Atlantic Airways flight that used coconut and babassu palm oil. |
| Twenty per cent of the power for Virgin's Boeing 747 was supplied from a fuel made from a mixture of coconuts and Brazilian babassu nuts. |
| One partnership is with the Maranhao tribe of northeast Brazil, who harvest babassu nuts, which are used as a cleansing agent in some Aveda shampoos. |
| The rubs harness the soothing properties of babassu oil and essential oils. |
