Butyrospermum Parkii also now known as Vitellaria Paradoxa Shea butter, also known as karite butter, once refined is a white-to-cream coloured fatty substance made from the nuts of karite nut trees (also called Mangifolia trees) that grow in the savannah regions of West and Central Africa. Expressed pressed, unrefined. Please Note: Product may have a strong odour due to being unrefined.