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Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa, syn. Butyrospermum parkii, B. paradoxa) is a tree indigenous to Africa, occurring in Mali, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Uganda. The shea fruit consists of a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed from which is extracted shea butter. Shay may refer to: People named: Shay Haley, better known as Shay, a member of funk-rock band N*E*R*D Dorothy Shay, was a popular comedic recording artist Ephraim Shay, designed the first Shay locomotive and patented the type Gene Shay, a representative of Philadelphias folk music...
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Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ...
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Binomial name Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. ...
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A number of steps are required to process the seed and obtain shea butter. First, the outer pulp is removed. Second, the shea nut is shelled; historically, shelling is done by mortar and pestle or by crushing the shell with stones; however, the Universal Nut Sheller is an appropriate technology that reduces a significant amount of labor involved in shelling shea. Once shelled, the seed is then roasted and either ground down or pressed to extract the oils that make shea butter. A mortar and pestle is a tool used to crush, grind, and mix substances. ...
The Malian peanut sheller in Uganda, 2005 The Malian Peanut/Groundnut Sheller is a simple hand-operated machine capable of shelling 50 kg of raw, sun-dried nuts per hour. ...
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In the West, shea is most often associated with cosmetics. This "butter" has many uses and comes in two forms: Refined and Certified Organic Unrefined. Refined versions are sometimes extracted with hexane, a toxic petrochemical. Safer refined versions will often use clay filtering. Certified Organic Unrefined versions, however, has been traditionally extracted and maintains its healing components to treat various skin conditions. Throughout Africa, it is used extensively for food and medicinal purposes. It is the major dietary lipid source for millions of Africans. Some common lipids. ...
Some common names are shítoulou ("shea butter tree") in the Bamana and Malinke languages of Mali and ghariti in the Wolof language of Senegal. The latter is the origin of the French name of the tree and its butter, karité. The first is the origin of the English word, and is correctly pronounced "shee" to rhyme with another e-a containing word, tea; "shay" means chicken in Bambara and the other Manding languages of West Africa. Bambara, also known as Bamanankan in the language itself, is a language spoken in Mali by as many six million people. ...
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Wolof is a language spoken in Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania, and it is the native language of the ethnic group of the Wolof people. ...
The tree is perhaps better known as Butyrospermum parkii (the genus name meaning "butter seed"; the epithet honouring Mungo Park, who learned of the tree while exploring Senegal). However, Vitellaria paradoxa is the earlier name and has priority, and should therefore be used (a proposal to conserve Butyrospermum parkii failed narrowly). Mungo Park Title illustration of (1859) Mungo Park (September 10, 1771 – 1806) was a Scottish explorer of the African continent. ...
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Shea trees take approximately 31 years to reach maturity.
External links - A History of Shea Butter.
- Machine to shell shea.
- Vitellaria paradoxa in Brunken, U., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Janssen, T., Thombiano, A. & Zizka, G. 2008. West African plants - A Photo Guide. Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt/Main.
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