name: Shea Tree

flavor_db_name_variants: shea tree

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Shea tree

id: 775

name_scientific: Vitellaria paradoxa

description: Shea tree is a tree indigenous to Africa, occurring in Mali, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Uganda. The shea fruit consists of a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed from which shea butter is extracted. Throughout Africa, shea butter is used extensively for food and medicinal purposes, and is a major source of dietary fat. The fruit is edible and delicious. It tastes roughly like a fig. [Wikipedia]

itis_id: 505960

wikipedia_id: Shea_tree

picture_file_name: 800.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 124608

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:33:37.000Z

legacy_id: null

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Oilseed crops

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-12-19T18:01:22.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:31.000Z

creator_id: 2

updater_id: 2

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 292385

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00775