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Shearnut

The shea fruit consists of a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed from which shea butter is extracted. It is a deciduous tree usually 7–15 m (23–49 ft) tall, but has reached 25 m (82 ft) and a trunk diameter of 2 m (6.6 ft).

The shea tree is a traditional African food plant. It has been said to have potential to improve nutrition, boost food supply in the “annual hungry season”, foster rural development, and support sustainable land care

The tree starts bearing its first fruit when it is 10 to 15 years old; full production is attained when the tree is about 20 to 30 years old. It then produces nuts for up to 200 years.

The fruits resemble large plums 4 to 8 centimetres long weighing between 10 and 57 grams each.^[9] These fruits take 4 to 6 months to ripen; the average yield is 15 to 20 kg (33 to 44 lb) of fresh fruit per tree, with optimum yields up to 45 kilograms (99 pounds). Each kilogram of fruit gives approximately 400 grams (14 ounces) of dry seeds. The fruit is edible.

• Vitellaria paradoxa subsp. paradoxa  (roughly from the Nigeria-Cameroon border westward)
• Vitellaria paradoxa subsp. nilotica (Kotschy) A.N. Henry & Chithra & N.C. Nair (roughly from the Nigeria-Cameroon border eastward)

Shea butter extract is a complex fat that in addition to many nonsaponifiable components (substances that cannot be fully converted into soap by treatment with alkali) contains the following fatty acids: oleic acid (40–60%), stearic acid (20–50%), linoleic acid (3–11%), palmitic acid (2–9%), linolenic acid (<1%) and arachidic acid (<1%). It also contains the vitamins A, E and F.

The fruit pulp has a high vitamin C (196.1 mg/100 g). 50 g of the pulp provides 332% of the recommended daily intake of children (4–8 years old), and 98% of that for pregnant women. The fruit’s kernels are rich in fat (17.4–59.1 g/100 g dry weight). The fat from the kernels have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities.

Tdoy Farm Produce and Agro-Allied

A reputable trading Firm that specializes in Export of premium quality cocoabeans and cashewnut and is a proudly Nigerian agricultural export with a vision to add value, deepen trade, and create opportunities across the food supply chain.

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