English: Bambuk Butter, Shea Butter

German: Sheabutter

Portuguese: Carité

Kingdom: Plantae (2090)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1997)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (1684)

      Order: Ericales (28)

        Family: Sapotaceae (5) (family description)

          Genus: Vitellaria (1)

           Epithet: paradoxa Gaertner f. (1)

Synonym: Butyrospermum parkii (G. Don) Kotschy

paradoxa => not of the expected

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Check for Vitellaria paradoxa at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

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