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Non-scientific name:

shea butter tree

1 Accepted name(s) for "shea butter tree":

Accepted name
Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn.

4 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Butyrospermum paradoxum (Gaertn. f) Hepper Butyrospermum paradoxum (C.F.Gaertn.) Hepper Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. seed fat, leaf
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Vitellaria paradoxa Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn.
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn.
Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn.f. Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. Seeds

62 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "shea butter tree":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
arbre a beurre Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ayiokumi bati Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
balili Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
balire Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bambo-tulo-iro Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
blankaidie Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bugbassamu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bulanga Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
busabu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
carei Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cere Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chammal Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chobu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
emi Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
emi-egidi Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
gi-wol Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
hoiti Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kadainya Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kadampo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kadania Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kadanya Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kanku Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
karate Other Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
kare Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
karedie Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
karehi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
karite Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kedempo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kochi Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kotoble Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kra-nku Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kwohakwe Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lontingue Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lotchigue Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lulu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
midji Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ngu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nguin Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
njab Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
njabi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nku Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nkudua Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
okwuma Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ori Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
osisi Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
saambu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
se Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
se, shi, si Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
se, si, sii, si iri Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
se-na Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
shea tree Other Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
si Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
si/se/sii Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
somu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
taana Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
taana, ta-anga Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tabi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tan Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tanga Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tubbi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
yo Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
yokuti Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)