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BUTYROSPERMUM PARKI [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A tropical tree whose seeds yield a fat, shea butter, used as a food in Africa and in soap manufacture in Europe. Native to West Africa and Sudan.

OBS

A tropical tree; its fruit is called the shea nut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Le karité est un arbre de 10 à 15 m originaire de zone soudanienne. [...] Le fruit est une baie ayant l'aspect d'une grosse prune. Son péricarpe charnu, plus ou moins sucré, est comestible.

OBS

Butyrospermum : nom scientifique de l'arbre à beurre (Butyrospermum parki), dont le fruit est composé d'une pulpe comestible et d'une graine fournissant la matière oléagineuse appelée «beurre de karité». Le genre [...] fait partie des sapotacées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Fruticultura
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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