Shea butter & seeds - Specimen details

Shea butter & seeds - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 53009

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Plant Name 101.01 SAPOTACEAE Butyrospermum parkii Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Shea butter & seeds Vernacular Name
Iso Country Niger TDWG Region Niger
Parts Held Shea butter & seeds Geography Description Niger, Egga
Uses Shea butter & seedsUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined TDWG use MEDICINES
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 36 E 4
Donor Date Donor Notes Hanbury Collectionx0Dx0AMcWilliam Drx0Dx0A
Collector McWilliam Dr Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Seeds of the Bassia parkii from which shea butter is obtained. Collected by Dr McWilliam when on the Niger Expedition. Jar of Shea butter from the seeds of Bassia parkii, this specimen was obtained at Egga by Dr McWilliam F.R.S. when on the, Niger Expedition and given to me viii.28.1851 D. Hanbury.

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