What is "illipe"

alt. Any of several tropical trees whose nuts yield a fat having similar properties to cocoa butter. n. Any of several tropical trees whose nuts yield a fat having similar properties to cocoa butter.

Illipe oil is a vegetable fat from the nut (known as the "false illipe nut") of the Shorea stenoptera tree, sometimes used as a cocoa butter substitute. The word Illipe is derived from the Tamil word for the tree Iluppai . The true illipe nut is from the species Madhuca latifolia, Family Sapotaceae.