Catuaba is the name of one of the most famous of Brazilian herbs, known to the indigenous Tupi Indians as the 'tree of love' or the 'tree of togetherness'.
Catuaba has a long history of use in herbal medicine as an aphrodisiac. It is the most famous of all Brazilian aphrodisiac plants. In the Brazilian state of Minas there is a saying, "Until a father reaches 60, the son is his; after that, the son is catuaba's!" It is the tree bark that is used as a remedy for low energy and libido. In Brazil today Catuaba is still immensely popular with couples. The constituents found in Catuaba are many, and include alkaloids, tannins, aromatic oils and fatty resins, cyclolignans, and a chemical Brazilian scientists named Ioimbina.
