Guarana bush

The guarana climbing shrub is an evergreen climbing shrub from the soap tree family that grows up to 12 meters high and is native to Brazil/Venezuela. Inconspicuous whitish-yellow flowers, hazelnut-sized, 3-fan yellow to red-orange capsule fruits with spherical purple-brown to black seeds weighing 0.5-0.8 g. Paullina cupana is the parent plant of Paullinae semen and guarana, the guarana paste made from the roasted and powdered seeds.

Cosmetics industry: Paullina cupana fruit extract (INCI), Paullina cupana seed extract (INCI)

Tonic, tonic for states of exhaustion(ESCOP and HMPCmonograph ). The remedy is used folkloristically for heart and digestive complaints, diarrhea and fever.

4-8% caffeine, catechin tanning agents, tannins, saponins.

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