Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
galam	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
karite	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
shea	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
shea butter	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sheanut oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
sheanut oil, refined	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
nuts		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
fruit	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Butyrospermum parkii (G.Don) Kotschy Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1, 50: 359 (1865).
Bassia parkii G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 36 (1837).
Butyrospermum mangifolium (Pierre ex A.Chev.) A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 2: 35 (1907).
Butyrospermum paradoxum subsp. parkii (G.Don) Hepper Taxon 11: 227 (1962).
Butyrospermum parkii var. cuneatum A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 23: 107 (1943), not validly publ.
Butyrospermum parkii var. ferrugineum A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 23: 108 (1943), not validly publ.
Butyrospermum parkii var. floccosum A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 23: 108 (1943), not validly publ.
Butyrospermum parkii var. mangifolium Pierre ex A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 2(2): 32 (1907).
Butyrospermum parkii var. parvifolium A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 23: 106 (1943), not validly publ.
Butyrospermum parkii var. poissonii A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 2(2): 32 (1907).
Butyrospermum parkii var. serotinum A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 23: 107 (1943), not validly publ.
Butyrospermum poissonii (A.Chev.) A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 2(2): 43 (1907).
Mimusops capitata Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 149 (1895).
Mimusops pachyclada Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 149 (1895).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Butyrospermum parkii	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Butyrospermum parkii G.Don	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Butyrospermum parkii Kotschy	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn. subsp. paradoxa	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vitellaria paradoxa ssp. paradoxa	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vitellaria paradoxa subsp. paradoxa	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)

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