Illipe butter

Illipe butter, also known as shoreabutter or Borneo seaweed, is an oil of butter-like but firm consistency extracted from the nuts of the Shorea tree (Shorea macrophylla), a widespread (mainly in East Malaysia) tropical tree.

Illipe butter has similarities to cocoa butter and is very stable to oxidation due to its high saturated fatty acid content.

Illipe butter leaves a pleasant, silky skin feeling without an oily film and provides the skin with long-lasting moisture. It is very well-tolerated and can therefore also be used for sensitive skin, especially dry skin.

Stearic acid (45%), oleic acid (40%), arachidic acid (7%), palmitic acid (5%), linoleic acid (2%).

Mowrah butter is obtained from the seeds of Madhuca longifolia (syn. Madhuca latifolia, Illipe latifolia, Bassia latifolia), also known as Indian illipe butter (Illipe = nut). This is also used as edible fat in India.