Illipe

{{Short description|Vegetable fat from the seeds of various Plant species}}

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Illipe butter is a vegetable fat from the nut (known as the "false illipe nut") of the Shorea stenoptera tree, sometimes used as a butter substitute.{{Cite web |url=http://www.innvista.com/health/foods/seeds/illipe-nuts/ |title="Illipe Nuts", Innvista |access-date=12 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402154017/http://www.innvista.com/health/foods/seeds/illipe-nuts/ |url-status=live }} Borneo tallow nut oil is extracted from this species. The word Illipe is derived from the Tamil word for the tree Iluppai (இலுப்பை). The true illipe nut is from the species Madhuca latifolia; it is used for producing biodiesel, and Mowrah Butter is from Madhuca longifolia, Family Sapotaceae.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_QWbLTSL6HoC&pg=PA652 |title = Food Chemistry|isbn = 9783540408178|last1 = Belitz|first1 = H. -D|last2 = Grosch|first2 = Werner|last3 = Schieberle|first3 = Peter|date = 22 April 2004| publisher=Springer }}