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Jean François Vuillet (Paris, 30 - Toulon, 1) was a French agronomist and explorer.

Biography
In 1899, he led scientific expeditions to the upper Falémé, upper Gambia and the middle Niger. He then conducted important studies on useful trees in Africa such as the shea tree.

He subsequently became the head of the Agriculture Service of Upper Senegal and Niger and Inspector General of Colonial Agriculture (1905). From 1908 to 1913, he herborized all of Upper Volta.

He was elected to the Overseas Academy of Sciences in 1922 and was made a knight of the Legion of Honour on 10 August 1922.

Works

 * Study of the Shea Tree, 1900
 * The Kola Trees and Kolas, 1907
 * The Shea Tree and Its Products, 1911
 * New Bombax from Middle Niger, with François Pellegrin, 1913
 * The Aphids of Sorghum in French Sudan, 1914
 * Wild Oilseeds of West Africa, 1919
 * Reflections of Asia on West Africa, 1954