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shea nuts       LUcat Search catalogue 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

BT1
nuts
oil crops

UF
karité
shea butter

BSO
13.03.01 CROPS



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