Shea butter

the ovary of the shea butter tree contains yellow to greenish apricot-size berries containing a horse chestnut- size seed (kernel). Whilst birds, elephants and humans enjoy eating the berries, shea butter is obtained from kernels that are crushed or ground in a mechanical press.
crude shea butter has a pungent and unpleasant smell and is, therefore, refined. Refined shea butter has a superb taste. It is a solid, grey-green to whitish fat containing roughly equal, rich proportions of stearic and oleic acid and it has a faint, characteristic smell.
 color-                       cream with yellow hint                                 
 odor-                       characteristic
 melting point-                   32 -45 degrees c
 free fatty acids-               6%
 water content-                    Price : USD 1 - 2 -per- Kilogram