410 
60-65 per cent. (Hooper, Agric. Ledger, No. 5, 1911-12, p. 152), 
66 per cent. (Bolton and Revis, Fatty bru p. 188), and accord- 
ing to Watt (Comm. Prod. India, p. 120) it is usually regarded 
as more ege than that of either B. latifolia, Roxb., B. longi- 
folia, Linn., or B. malabarica, Bedd., chiefly because it solidifies. 
almost onde after being expressed from the seeds. 
The bark is used in Sikkim to poison fish (Gamble, Man. Ind. 
Timb. p. ; Mus. Kew). 
Reja ae butyracea,’ "' in Dict. Econ. Prod. India, Watt, 
1889, 405—406. ** Bassia butyracea,’’ in Comm. Pro 
India. Watt, pP. 116-120, including general information on " 
the above specie assia Kernels and Fats," in Bull. Im 
Inst. ix. 1911, i 228-236, and in Col. Rep. Misc. Series, No. 85, 
1914, pp. 544-554, with analys es. 
Buryrosrermum, Kotschy. 
rmum Parkii, Kotschy; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 504. 
HE —Park. Travels Int. Afr. p. 352; Kotschy, Pl. Tinneanae,. 
t. 8B; Kotschy, in Sit ab, Akad. Wiss. Wien, l. (1864), t. 1 
(Butyrospermum niloticum); t. 2 (B. Pih Trans. Linn. Soc. 
E Hush, p £.3 (và oung fruit and €— of seeds and 
flowers); Jumel ^E Caoutchouc, (1898), 163 (habit); € 
Inst. Col. Mare IX. t. 4; eh Fion ogr. Afr. P 
Sapotaceae, p. 23 (var. nilotiowm) : pur, FI. Guin. Frans 
t. 65 (Karité c en fleurs); Karst. & Schenck, Veg. bild. iv. tt. 10, 28 
(habit); Perrot, Les. Ver. Tul i,’ Afriq. Trop. Franc. Fasc. ii. 
p. 29, var. mangifolium) ; . 93, f. 2 (var. Poisson?) ; Notizbl.. 
Bot. Gart. Berlin, App. xxii. 1910, p. 113; Thompson, Col. Rep. 
Mise. No. 66, 1910, t . 19; Engler and: Drude, Veg. Bis i ix. p. Ta, 
f. 657 (var. dee ). 
Vernac. names.—Emi-Ori, Emigidi (Yoruba, T nn TE Emi 
(Lagos, MacGregor, Phillips, Dawodu); Kadai (Hausa, 
ours. Amma ann, Hen ; Karité or Karé (F.W. Afr. Po Dirie. 
—Shea Butter, Beurre de Karité, Beurre de Galam, Bambouk 
butter, Gutta Shea 
Lagos, Abeokuta, Nupe, Zungeru, Jeba, Borgu, Zaria, 
Hasarawa in Nigeria, and extending westwards to To oland, 
Dahomey, Gold Coast, Bambarra, etc., eastwards to the Nile land— 
Gondokoro, Madi, Djurland and the Niam-Niam count ry. 
The wood is esse oY hard and heavy; a specimen in the- 
as a specific gravity of 0-929 = 58 Ib. per cubic 
ft.—the E: pes the specimen varied from 3-1 in. in thickness, 
