🥁Hausa Traditional Medicine
Shea Butter Tree (Kadanya)
Vitellaria paradoxa
About Shea Butter Tree (Kadanya)
Shea Butter Tree (Kadanya) (Vitellaria paradoxa) is a herb used in the Hausa Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Skin Health, Wound Healing, Inflammation, and Arthritis, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts 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
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both