Carnauba - called Brazil wax and palm wax, is a wax of the leaves of the palm Copernicia prunifera, a plant native to and grown only in the northeastern Brazilian states of Piauí, Ceará, Maranhão, Bahia, and Rio Grande do Norte.
C 1669 (OTTO) Carnuba wax Cas 8015-86-9 - used as a glazing agent, bulking agent, acidity regulator and tablet-coating agent. C 1669 (OTTO) Carnuba wax Cas 8015-86-9 - used in automobile waxes, shoe polishes, dental floss and food products such as sweets, instrument polishes, floor, furniture waxes, polishes and paper coatings.