🦒East African Traditional Medicine
Shea Bark
Vitellaria paradoxa
About Shea Bark
Shea Bark (Vitellaria paradoxa) is a herb used in the East African Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Skin Health, Wound Healing, Inflammation, and Arthritis, among 1 other condition it addresses. The bark is the part traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Vitellaria paradoxa (formerly Butyrospermum parkii), commonly known as shea tree, shi tree, /ˈʃiː/ or /ˈʃiː.ə/, or vitellaria, is a tree of the Sapotaceae family. It is the only species in genus Vitellaria, and is indigenous to Africa. The shea fruit consists of a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed from which shea butter is extracted.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Bark · both