It is one of the common names of a plant. Piqui or better pyqui in Tupi-Guarani language means fruit with thorns or shell with thorns. The plant called Pyqui or piqui is the Caryocar brasiliensis, also called pequi or souari nut. It belongs to the Caryocaraceae family. In Colombia it is another way to call a marble or crystal ball.
The Piqui is a shrub native to the northeast of Brasil.La pulp of the fruit of the piqui is of great value to the power of local populations and in the field of medicine and natural cosmetics.Piqui oil is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, protein, carotene, vitamin A, lycopene, pectin and calcium.Its peculiar smell tropical fruit and cosmetic properties, make it ideal to soften dry skin and protect them from premature ageing.Being an important source of carotene, zeaxanthin mainly filtered blue light and neutralizes free radicals generated by the Sun's rays.Piqui oil improves tolerance to the Sun, acting as a protector against the ultra-violetas and leaves a gorgeous Tan.
