07 Jun 2021 --- South Korea-based functional food and supplement company Cosmax NBT has unveiled Tabetri, “the world’s first” clinically proven ingredient for joint and cartilage health benefits from pau d’arco. Pau d’arco or “lapacho” is the inner bark of the Taheebo tree. It is native to the Amazon region of Brazil, where it is consumed as a remedy against various diseases, mainly as a tea, notes the company.