Carnauba wax, per wikipedia

\- comes from the carnauba palm \- Carnauba palm comes from NE brazil \- melting point higher than beeswax. very hard \- beat, refine, bleach (yum) carnauba palm leaves \- used in shoe polish (yum) and candy. and more. \-produced under poor-to-slavery working conditions \- here is an org (industry-based by the looks of it) working on better working conditions for carnauba wax workers: https://uebt.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicia\_prunifera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnauba\_wax @plants #plants