Women from Yongduuni are known for production of a fat that is extracted from which tree ?
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Yongduuni Yongduuni is a community in Tamale Metropolitan District in the Northern Region of Ghana. It is a less populated community. The inhabitants of the community are predominantly farmers and the women are also into Shea butter production.
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Shea butter Shea butter ( , , or ) is a fat extracted from the nut of the African shea tree ("Vitellaria paradoxa"). It is usually yellow in color when raw, with Unrefined, refined, and Ultra-Refined Shea butter being ivory or white in color. Shea butter is a triglyceride (fat) derived mainly from stearic acid and oleic acid. It is widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer, salve or lotion. Shea butter is edible and is used in food preparation in Africa. Occasionally, the chocolate industry uses shea butter mixed with other oils as a substitute for cocoa butter, although the taste is noticeably different.
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Nariphon The Nariphon (Thai: นารีผล ), also known as Makkaliphon (Thai: มักกะลีผล , from Pali "makkaliphala"), is a tree in Buddhist mythology which bears fruit in the shape of young female creatures. The maidens grow attached by their head from the tree branches. This tree grows at the Himaphan, a mythical forest where the female fruits are enjoyed by the Gandharvas who cut the fruits and take them away.
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Cajeput oil Cajuput oil is a volatile oil obtained by distillation from the leaves of the myrtaceous trees "Melaleuca leucadendra", "Melaleuca cajuputi", and probably other "Melaleuca" species. The trees yielding the oil are found throughout Maritime Southeast Asia and over the hotter parts of the Australian continent. The majority of the oil is produced on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The name “cajeput” is derived from its Indonesian name, “"kayu putih"” or "white wood".
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Baipu Chagan Baipu Chagan is a traditional specialty supplement, famous in China and prominent in its history.
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Zanthoxylum coreanum The Korean lime tree, Zanthoxylum coreanum Nakai, is a rare shrub that only grows in Korea and China. In Korea it is called wang-cho-pi tree and is used for many purposes. There are researches that are done to figure out what compounds are in the "Zanthoxylum coreanum" Nakai and the uses of this plant.
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Dipterocarpus turbinatus Dipterocarpus turbinatus (Khmer "chhë tië:l dâ:ng"; India "gurjan", "gurjun", "gurgina"; Tagalog "mayapis"; Chinese 羯布罗香 "jie bu luo xiang"; Bahasa (Malay) "keruing", the last an international name for "Dipterocarpus" wood) is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae native to western India and mainland Southeast Asia, and cultivated in surrounding areas. It is an important source of the wood known as "keruing", and is often used in the plywood industry.
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Gynoid fat distribution Gynoid fat refers to the body fat that forms around the hips, breasts and thighs. Gynoid fat in women is used to provide nourishment for offspring, and is often referred to as 'reproductive fat'. This is because it contains long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), which are important in the development of foetuses. However, it is also regarded as a physically attractive feature and serves additionally as an indication towards a woman's reproductive potential for mates.
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Wonton A wonton (also spelled wantan, or wuntun in transcription from Cantonese; Mandarin: "húndun" or "húntun") is a type of dumpling commonly found in a number of Chinese cuisines.
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Yongmyongsa Yŏngmyŏng Temple was a Korean Buddhist temple located at the foot of Moranbong hill in Pyongyang, North Korea. Prior to its destruction in the Korean War, it was the largest and most important center of Buddhist worship in that city. Though it is unknown when the temple was founded, popular tales date it to the end of the Goguryeo kingdom. The temple was completely rebuilt under the Joseon dynasty. Under the Japanese occupation of Korea, the temple became a major tourist site in Pyongyang it was renowned for its beautiful riverside location and many cherry trees. In the 1920s it again underwent an extensive restoration funded by the Japanese government, who also officially changed its name to its Japanese pronunciation, "Eimei-ji". During that time, the temple was also confiscated from by the government, and given for use as a headquarters for the Rinzai sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism. The Rinzai monks were tasked with converting the citizens away from traditional Korean Buddhism as part of a government program to replace the old Korean culture with that of modern Japan.
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Sujebi Sujebi (수제비 , in S. Korea), ttŭdŏ-guk (뜨더국 , in N. Korea), or hand-pulled dough soup is a Korean traditional soup consisting of dough flakes roughly torn by hand, with various vegetables. The flavor and recipe resemble "kalguksu", except that the latter is made with noodles rather than wheat flakes. It is commonly considered a dish to consume on rainy days, along with "bindaetteok".
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Animal fat Animal fats and oils are lipid materials derived from animals. Physically, oils are liquid at room temperature, and fats are solid. Chemically, both fats and oils are composed of triglycerides. Although many animal parts and secretions may yield oil, in commercial practice, oil is extracted primarily from rendered tissue fats obtained from livestock animals like pigs, chickens and cows. Dairy products also yield popular animal fat and oil products such as cheese, butter, and milk.
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Yumil-gwa Yumil-gwa (유밀과 ; 油蜜菓 ) is a variety of "hangwa" (a traditional Korean confection). Different varieties of "yumil-gwa" can be made by combining a wheat flour dough with various ingredients. Ingredients that are typically added can include: honey, cooking oil, cinnamon powder, nuts, ginger juice, jujube, and "cheongju" (rice wine).
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Cajeput tree Cajeput tree is a common name used for certain classification of tree that has a white spongy bark that is flexible and can easily flake off the trunk. The Cajeput tree is of the genus "Melaleuca", native to Australia and is commonly known in North America as the Tea Tree. The name "Cajeput tree" is primarily used for the species "M. cajuputi", "M. leucadendra", "M. linariifolia", "M. viridiflora" and "M. quinquenervia". Other names for these trees are the paperbark tree, punk tree, or the white bottle brush tree. Similar subtropical trees from the eucalyptus family are evergreens with pointed leaves and white, red or green flowers. Aborigines of Australia often used the cajeput tree bark for shields, canoes, roofing material and timber.
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Payena acuminata Payena acuminata is a tree in the Sapotaceae family. It grows up to 30 m tall with a trunk diameter of up to 75 cm . The bark is brown. Inflorescences bear up to 20 flowers. The fruits are ellipsoid, up to 4 cm long. The specific epithet "acuminata " is from the Latin meaning "tapering to a narrow point", referring to the leaf apex. The timber is used commercially and the tree is also a source of gutta-percha. Habitat is mixed dipterocarp forests from sea-level to 400 m altitude. "P. acuminata" is found widely in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
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Shandong cuisine Shandong cuisine (山東菜), more commonly known in Chinese as Lu cuisine, is one of the Eight Culinary Traditions of Chinese cuisine and one of the Four Great Traditions (四大菜系 ). It is derived from the native cooking style of Shandong Province, a northern coastal province of China.
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Kuding Kuding or ku ding (; pronounced ) is a particularly bitter-tasting Chinese infusion, which due to their similarities in appearance is derived from several plant species. Two most common plants used to make kuding, being the wax tree species "Ligustrum robustum" and the holly species "Ilex kaushue" (synonyms: "Ilex kudingcha") plant, the former being more commonly grown in Sichuan and Japan while the latter is most commonly grown and used in the rest of China. This type of tea may be caffeinated if from the "Ilex" genus, but is caffeine-free if from the Ligustrum genus.
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Petitgrain Petitgrain (] ) is an essential oil that is extracted from the leaves and green twigs of the bitter orange tree ("Citrus aurantium" ssp. "amara") via steam distillation. It is also known as petitgrain bigarade.
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Betulin Betulin (lup-20(29)-ene-3β,28-diol) is an abundant, naturally occurring triterpene. It is commonly isolated from the bark of birch trees, where it forms up to 30% of the dry weight of the extractive, and is found in birch sap as well. The purpose of the compound in the bark is not known. It can be converted to betulinic acid (the alcohol group replaced by a carboxylic acid group), which is biologically more active than betulin itself.
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Daikon Daikon (大根 , literally "big root") , also known by many other names depending on context, is a mild-flavored winter radish ("") usually characterized by fast-growing leaves and a long, white, napiform root. Originally native to Southeast or continental East Asia, daikon is harvested and consumed throughout the region (as well as in South Asia).
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Malewa Malewa is smoked bamboo shoot which is dried for preservation. The bamboo trees grow in the wild in eastern Uganda around Mt.Elgon.
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Sauropus androgynus Sauropus androgynus, also known as katuk, star gooseberry, or sweet leaf, is a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable. In Chinese it is called "mani cai" (马尼菜); in Japan it is called "amame shiba" (アマメシバ); in Malay it is called "cekur manis", "sayur manis", or "asin-asin"; in Thai it is called "pak waan"; in Vietnamese, it is called "rau ngót"; in the Philippines, it is called Chinese Malunggay and in Kerala, India it is called "madhura cheera".