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Butyrospermum parkii; karite nuts; African Butter Tree; mangifolia tree

Butyrospermum parkii (G. Don) Kotschy
Synonym of Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn.

ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
Cornell University mainstream science; has recipe for cold cream and description of natural products used in cosmetics

Fatty Oils & Waxes

Shea butter: horticultural description from Purdue

Shea Globalization and Burkinabé Female Producers Research outine, author unknown

Skin Deep
Safety assessment by the Environmental Working Group

Images of shea nut processing in an African village: http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/Burkina%20towns%20and%20landscape/index3.htm

Vegetation zones in Niger and Benin - present and past zonation
Study of West African Sudanian zone vegetation