Bello-Bravo, Julia; Lovett, Peter N.; Pittendrigh, Barry R. - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 5, pp. 5752-5772
Shea trees grow across 4 million km<sup>2</sup> of sub-Saharan Africa. Shea parklands provide a sustainable source of edible fat (shea butter) that, in terms of volume, is currently second only to cocoa butter as a vegetal source of stearic acid in the multi-billion dollar chocolate and cosmetic sectors....