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| Vitellaria paradoxa |
| A tree up to 20m high, branches short and thick, with a greyish bark, red inside, deeply sprung, the cork of which divides into small irregular quadrangular prisms; leaves large isolated, membranous; fruit greenish-yellow ellipsoidal or spherical berry |
| Common Names: Shea butter, Karite |
| Geographic Distribution: Occurs in Mali, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Uganda |
| Uses/Applications: cosmetic (Shea Butter protects skin from sunburn, eczema, heals scalp and used in hair care); food (edible butter, chocolates, vitamin E); medicine (shea butter used to treat sprains, wounds and colds, antioxidant) |
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