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Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Suppl. Carp.: 131 (1807)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Ericales
family
Sapotaceae
genus
Vitellaria
species
Vitellaria paradoxa

Name

Synonyms
Butyrospermum paradoxum (C.F.Gaertn.) Hepper
Lucuma paradoxa (C.F.Gaertn.) A.DC.
Homonyms
Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn.
Common names
Albero del burro in Italian
Karitébaum in German
Nkuto dua in Akan
Schibaum in German
Schibutterbaum in German
Schibutterbaum in German
Shea Butter Tree in English
Sheanussbaum in German
Yokouti in Ewe
arbre à beurre in French
arbre à beurre in French
bambouk-buttertree in English
bambouk-buttertree in English
butirospermo in Spanish
butirospermo in Spanish
carité in Portuguese
carité in Portuguese
cárei in Portuguese
cárei in Portuguese
edu in language.
galam-buttertree in English
galam-buttertree in English
karite-nu in language.
karite-nut in English
karite-nut in English
karité in French
karité in French
maslovec zvláštny in Slovak
masłosz Parka in Polish
shea in English
shea in English
shea butter in English
shea tree in language.
shea-buttertree in English
shea-buttertree in language.
shea-buttertree in English
sheasmörträd in Swedish
sheasmörträd in Swedish
sheatree in English
sheatree in English
voipuu in Finnish
árbol montequero in Spanish
árbol montequero in Spanish
乳油木 in Chinese
Shea Butter Tree in English
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