Botanical record
Vitellaria paradoxa
Vitellaria paradoxa is recorded under 3 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo.
- Accepted botanical name
- Vitellaria paradoxa
- Names as published
- Vitellaria paradoxa and Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn. (Butyrospermum paradoxum)
- Common English
- Shea Butter Tree and Sheabutter tree
- Parts reported
- stem bark
- GBIF taxonomy
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Local names recorded for Vitellaria paradoxa
Sanko uses this survey for its published name mapping and reported plant parts only. The subject the survey investigated is not a therapeutic claim about this plant.
| Local name | Language | Where recorded | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akú Malapa | Yoruba | Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of animal diarrhoea in Plateau State, Nigeria — Table 1, row 56 |
| Kadanya | Hausa | Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of animal diarrhoea in Plateau State, Nigeria — Table 1, row 56 |
| Okwuma | Igbo | Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of animal diarrhoea in Plateau State, Nigeria — Table 1, row 56 |