Butyrospermum Parkii

Butyrospermum Parkii Description

_Butyrospermum parkii_ is the Latin name for the shea tree. This tree produces a variety of plant-derived skin care ingredients including extracts, oils and butters that are often rich in antioxidants.

Its most famous product is shea butter ( _Butyrospermum parkii_ butter), a plant lipid extracted from the tree. It’s used as an emollient in cosmetics and has smoothing properties for dry skin. Outside of this, shea butter also contains a plethora of heavy-hitting antioxidant compounds like vitamin E, quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate.

Concetration levels used in skin care vary depending on the ingredient produced from _Butyrospermum parkii_ AKA_Vitellaria paradoxa_.