Common name
English: Bambuk Butter, Shea Butter
German: Sheabutter
Portuguese: Carité
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Ericales (57)
Family: Sapotaceae (6)(family description)
Genus: Vitellaria (1)
Epithet: paradoxa C.F. Gaertn. (1)
Synonyms: Butyrospermum parkii (G. Don) Kotschy, Lucuma paradoxa (C.F.Gaertn.) A.DC.
paradoxa => not of the expected
parkii => in honor of Mungo Park (1771-1806), Scottish explorer of the African continent
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree