butter tree

The baobab and the karite (shea butter tree) are found only in the Niger districts.

These steamers carry on an exchange of European goods for ivory, palm oil, and butter from the olivelike seeds of the butter tree.

In the central portions of Africa a most remarkable three, called the butter tree, is found.

I was next employed in collecting the fruit of a species of bassia, or what I should call a butter tree.

The seeds of B. butyracea, the Indian butter tree, yield a butter-like substance, which makes good soap.