Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. [Sapotaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Vitellaria paradoxa subsp. nilotica (Kotschy) A.N.Henry, Chithra & N.C.Nair

Vitellaria paradoxa subsp. paradoxa

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arbre a beurre	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
arbre à beurre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ayiokumi bati	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
balili	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
balire	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bambo-tulo-iro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bambouk-buttertree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blankaidie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bugbassamu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bulanga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
busabu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bussambu	Other	Med. Uses of Pl. on Termitaria, Benin (Dossou-Yovo et al., 2014)
butirospermo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
carei	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
carité	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chammal	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chobu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cárei	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
emi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
emi-egidi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
fagoto	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
galam-buttertree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gi-wol	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hoiti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
huile de karité	Other	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
kadainya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kadampo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kadania	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kadanya	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kanku	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karate	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
kare	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karedie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karehi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karite	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karite-nut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
karité	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kedempo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kochi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kotoble	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kra-nku	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kwohakwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
limigoto	Other	Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012)
lontingue	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lotchigue	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lulu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
midji	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ngu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nguin	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
njab	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
njabi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nku	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nkudua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
okwuma	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ori	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
osisi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
saambu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
schibutterbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
se	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
se, shi, si	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
se, si, sii, si iri	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
se-na	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shea butter	Other	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
shea butter tree	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shea tree	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
shea-buttertree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shear	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sheasmörträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sheatree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
si	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
si/se/sii	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
somu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
taambu	Other	Med. Uses of Pl. on Termitaria, Benin (Dossou-Yovo et al., 2014)
taana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
taana, ta-anga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tabi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tan	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tanga	Other	Med. Uses of Pl. on Termitaria, Benin (Dossou-Yovo et al., 2014) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tubbi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wugo	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
yo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
yokuti	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
árbol montequero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Seeds		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
bark		Med. Uses of Pl. on Termitaria, Benin (Dossou-Yovo et al., 2014)
whole plant, bark	dry whole plant, dry bark	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
bark		Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012)
seed	fresh seed, fresh fat	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
seeds	oil	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
seed fat, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Butyrospermum paradoxum (C.F.Gaertn.) Hepper Taxon 11: 227 (1962).
Lucuma paradoxa (C.F.Gaertn.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 173 (1844).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Butryospermum paradoxum	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
Butyrospermum paradoxum (C.F.Gaertn.)Hepper	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Butyrospermum paradoxum (Gaertn. f) Hepper	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Vitellaria paradoxa	Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. Uses of Pl. on Termitaria, Benin (Dossou-Yovo et al., 2014) Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012)
Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.	Prioritizing W African Med. Pl. (van Andel et al., 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn. f.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn.f.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)

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