The ingredients you can offer your clients and consumers are 100% natural, biologically diverse and high quality.

Health, fair trade, sustainable production and good prices are important to the consumer. But these aspects are not the only ones; consumers also look for products that are exotic and exclusive, featuring a variety of flavours and providing special benefits. Ecuador´s herbs and medicinal plants combine all of these attributes.

Comparative advantage of Ecuador: Microclimates, High light intensity and Bio-diversity.

Extending into the Amazon region to the east, the Andes in the center and towards the Pacific in the west, Ecuador offers a wide range of plants of ideal quality that are produced sustainably and organically.

Bio-diversity from the center of the world - that is what we offer

Surprise yourself with the quality of Ecuadorian products

Our high-quality products are used in the food industry as well as in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. In addition to the current supply, there is a great potential for developing new products in accordance with market demands and needs in Ecuador.

Natural ingredients

Medicinal plants, aromatic herbs and spices
We offer a variety of over 150 plants, both native and introduced. Production consists in year-round, intensive farming and wild harvesting. The plants have excellent taste and aroma and a great share of this production is organic.

The main medicinal plants are: Dragon´s blood (Croton lechleri), Batava palm (Oenocarpus bataua), Matico (Piper angustifolium), Cat´s claw (Uncaria guianensis), Ishpink (Oceta quixos).

Main medicinal plants and spices
Peppermint (Menta piperita), Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla), Lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus), Turmeric (Curcuma longa) Lemon verbena (aloysia trypbilla).

Essential oils
The quality of essential oils is dependent on the raw materials used for their production. We offer 100 % pure oils and oils that have been diluted to suit the customer´s preference.

The main essential oils are: Ginger (Zingiber officinale), Lemon (Citrus x Limon), Holy wood (Bursera graveolens), Almizclillo (Abelmoschus moschatus), Pimienta (Piper nigrum)

Value added products

Herbal teas - pure and healthy taste
Ecuador is the country of herbal teas. For hundreds of years, people have followed the tradition of consuming herbal teas stemming from a variety of plants. Products come in two forms: herbal teas made of a single plant and herbal teas featuring a mixture of native and introduced plants.

The most important single plants herbal teas: Chamomile, Lemon grass, Lemon verbena, Peppermint.
Most important herbal mixes: “Horchata”, “Te de la vida”, “Tisana andina” and medicinal formulas like slimming and expectorant.

Herbal medication - a combination of ancient knowledge and modern research
Nature offers many alternatives to prevent and/or to cure diseases. Ecuadorian laboratories have developed a wide range of natural herbal medicinal products.

These products combine natural ingredients, ancient knowledge and modern research with excellent healing powers.

The main herbal medicinal products are: dragon´s blood, Batava oil, pills for the nerves, the immune system and syrups of quinine and cat´s claw

Natural and medicinal cosmetics
These are manufactured from natural ingredients found in the Amazon, the Andes and at the Pacific coast. The products offer a valuable contribution to beauty and body care.

Main beauty products: oils for aroma therapy and massage, shampoos and ointments.

The quality of our people reflects on the quality of our product

Amazon, Andes and Pacific coast

Ecuador is a multi-faceted and diverse country. The Ecuadorian producers of herbs and medicinal plants in the Amazonian, Andean and coastal regions of the Pacific have founded the Network of Producers of Herbs and Medicinal Plants “Mashi Numi”.

The name Mashi Numi is composed of one word in Quichua and one in Shuar language.  Mashi (Quichua) means ‘friend’ and Numi (Shuar) stands for ‘forest´ thus, being a ‘friend of the forest’ implies:
- Sufficient knowledge and adequate use of the plant
- Production in harmony with the environment
- Conscientious practices such as organic production and sound farming and harvesting
practices

By choosing to obtain raw materials through the Mashi Numi Network of Producers of Herbs and Medicinal Plants you will contribute towards improving the standard of living of its members at a fair price and help to foster sound knowledge about plants and sensible use of both plants and land.

Solid cooperation

A solid business relationship exits between the Mashi Numi Network and the processing industries to market, improve quality, develop new products and exchange information.

Buying in Ecuador is buying quality and know-how

Amazonian region
Ancient cultures with unparalleled wisdom on the use of plants. The most prominent ones are the Shuar and Ashuar cultures.

Andes
Land of the Inca and pre-Inca cultures. Production takes place over vast areas of woods and farmland located between giant volcanoes and very close to the sun.

Pacific coast

A region featuring sub-tropical climate, with an eco-system ranging from tropical cloud forest to tropical wet forest. It is populated by native cultures who are descendants from African Ecuadorians or Indigenous people.