581 Views
Ozu
Oily/Sensitive
Yes, I think someone posted here in the discussion awhile back mentioning bakuchiol is an endangered species. I did some googling and articles did show up for 'bakuchiol endangered species' keywords. However, I noticed a rise in the use of bakuchiol despite it being endangered, so I did another googling again with different keywords, and I looked through list of endangered plant species in India, there's no bakuchiol/babchi anywhere. If you search it from the list of endangered plant species, its just not there (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_endangered_plants). After extend googling myself, I just don't think there's enough evidence to label bakuchiol is endangered.
10
0
lusitania
Oily/Resilient
That was my topic. I will add that there is a LOT of politics around what gets put on the endangered species list. Like, here in the States, there is a bird that meets all the criteria for getting endangered, but the government won't put it on the official list because it would adversely affect agricultural industry. There's always money involved. So I would encourage people to think critically when possible. Babchi is indeed harvested from the wild and there are no commercial farms (that I know of), so I think it's a brewing problem.
4
0
moonlite
Oily/Sensitive
I love the ingredient but I hope it's not in endangered. Im going to do my own personal research tonight to make sure I'm not contributing to its decline in the ecosystem.
5
0
DanielleSkin27
Dry/Sensitive
I have also seen conflicting information about the status of the babchi plant. Most say it is not endangered currently, however, the seeds to produce bakuchiol are all harvested from wild plants not farmed plants. So there is speculation that this could lead to it becoming endangered. My sensitive skin really enjoys bakuchiol, so my hope is that if brands want to continue to use this ingredient they figure out a way to make it more sustainable.
4
0
Tails710
Dry/Resilient
I read that psoralea corylifolia grows in the wild and isn’t something that has been grown on farms. This seems like a huge contributing factor to the plant becoming endangered!
2
0
