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Vitellaria paradoxa

Vitellaria paradoxa

Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn.
Engl.: shea butter, bambuk butter, galam butter, shea.
Deu.: Schibutterbaum.
Span.: árbol montequero, butirospermo.
Bot. syn.: Bassia parkii G. Don, Butyrospermum paradoxum (C. F. Gaertn.) Hepper, Butyrospermum parkii (G. Don) Kotschy.

Butyrospermum parkii.

Botanical name: 
Vitellaria paradoxa

Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.

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Monesia.—Monesia-Bark.

Botanical name: 
Diploknema butyracea
Madhuca longifolia
Manilkara hexandra
Manilkara zapota
Mimusops elengi
Mimusops globosa
Mimusops kummel
Mimusops schimperi
Pouteria campechiana
Pradosia lactescens
Vitellaria paradoxa

Classic texts: King's 1898.

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Oleum Theobromatis (U. S. P.)—Oil of Theobroma.

Botanical name: 
Theobroma cacao
Madhuca longifolia
Trichilia emetica
Vitellaria paradoxa

Classic texts: King's 1898.

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