Ko nga Kairangahau i taua wa i whakaarohia te waikawa margaric, penei i te waikawa oleic me te waikawa stearic, hei tetahi o nga waikawa ngako e toru, i te whakakotahitanga, ka hanga i te nuinga o nga kararehe. I te 1853, ko te kaimatai hanganga Tiamana a Wilhelm Heinrich Heintz te waikawa margaric hei whakakotahitanga noa o te waikawa margaric me te waikawa kaore i mohiotia i mua. I whakawhiwhia e te Emepara o Parani a Napoleon III ki tetahi tangata ka taea te makona i te waikawa momona mai i te Kariki μαργαρίτης ranei μάργαρον (margaritēs / márgaron), te tikanga o te peara-oyster, peara ranei, ko te tikanga o te nikau-rākau, na reira te take o te waikawa palmitic). I te tau 1869, i hangaia e te kamupene rongoa Tiamana a Jürgen Möhler, i hangaia e te kamupene rongoa Tiamana a Jürgen Möhler, i whakaitihia te ingoa o te waikawa margaric, i hangaia e te waikawa oleic
Ko Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès