Copaiba oil (Copaifera paupera, Copaifera officinalis) is a resin extracted from a tree of 20-30 m in height located in the Peruvian Amazon in the departments of Ucayali (Tahuania- Atalaya), Madre de Dios, Loreto and abundantly, in the lower Huallaga. In the Brazilian Amazon it’s in the vicinity of the Acre River.
The names for this plant is: Copaiba; Bonshish matisiati and Namboman tsacati (Shipibo-conibo); Bunxix (conibo); Capaúba, Copal, Cup- grapes; Cupiúba; Jatobamirim; Marimari; Oleo-branco.y Matisihuati and in its trunk oil (balm) is obtained.
