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shea nuts
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294937196
STA
Approved
UPD
2012-03-23
DUT
boterboomnoten
IND
1
MIS
The kernels of a sapotaceous tree of tropical Africa, Vitellaria paradoxa, from which is obtained shea butter (also called galam butter), a substance resembling butter, used as food by the natives and in Europe for the manufacture of soap. English: shea, shea nuts, shea butter; French: karité, noix de galam. (Agrovoc)
PPN
294937196
UDC
633.852.6
SN
Designates both the cultivation of shea nuts and shea nuts as a product.
MRF
633.85
UF
karité
shea butter
BSO
13.03.01 CROPS
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