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Pentadesma Butyracea

The Pentadesma Butyracea is also known as the African Butter Tree. Products are commonly sold under the name Golden Shea Butter or Yellow Shea Butter. In actuality, it is not nor is it related to the Shea tree. African butter trees in the rainforsts along the west coast of Africa.

The the butter made from this tree is known African Butter or Kpangnan. Kpangnan is the local name for the butter created in Togo. The butter is commonly used for skin and hair care.

The butter of the African Butter Tree is commonly yellow or golden in colour, is often mistaken for shea butter, of the Shea tree which is white in it's unrefined form.