Evidence for indigenous selection and distribution of the shea tree, Vitellaria paradoxa, and its potential significance to prevailing parkland savanna tree patterns in sub‐Saharan Africa north of…

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Managing genetic variation in tropical trees: linking knowledge with action in agroforestry ecosystems for improved conservation and enhanced livelihoods (2009, background): “Related research on sheanut (Vitellaria paradoxa) fruit in the northern sub-Sahara ( Maranz and Wiesman 2003 ) has also provided some evidence for human selection of particular phenotypes in the species.”
Human settlement and baobab distribution in south‐western Mali (2007, background): “In Africa, many VITs are semi-domesticated (Maranz & Wiesman, 2003; Assogbadjo et al., 2005).”
The management of tree genetic resources and the livelihoods of rural communities in the tropics: non-timber forest products, smallholder agroforestry practices and tree commodity crops (2014, background): “Note that the most important production country is outside the natural range of the crop except in the case of tea (centres of origin = West Africa, including Nigeria [4th-ranked producer], for oil palm; Ethiopia [5th-ranked producer] for coffee; Brazilian Amazonia [Brazil not ranked among the top 5”
Ecological diversity and pulp, seed and kernel production of the Baobab (Adansonia digitata) in Benin (2005, background): “MARANZ & WIESMAN (2003) showed for the shea tree (Vitellatria paradoxa) a significant relationship between trait values (fruit size and shape, pulp sweetness, and kernel content of the species) and abiotic variables (temperature and rainfall) in sub-Saharian Africa north of the equator.”