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THE AFRICAN BAOBAB Adansonia digitata
Bombacaceae/Malvaceae
By: Caroline Stedman
African Folklore
❖ Kung Bushmen of Botswana tell the tale of how the hyena got its laugh
Traditional Uses ❖ Wolofs of Senegal use
baobab to prepare a baptismal dish
❖ In Gambia, baobab is used to create Easter dish known as nan mburu
❖ In Senegal the women and young girls sing and dance around a mortar while crush baobab leaves in water to bring the rains
Human Nutrition ❖ Fruit Pulp: usually made into thin porridge; added to soups
and drinks
❖ Bark: can extract edible gum
❖ Leaves: serve as a spinach-like vegetable raw or cooked
❖ Seeds: ground into a meal; used as substitute for coffee beans; can extract seed oil
❖ Flowers: eaten raw or used to flavor drinks
Medicinal Value ❖ Bark: febrifuge and anti-
periodic for malaria
❖ Leaves: hypertensive and diaphoretic properties
❖ Fruit Pulp: anti-inflammatory
❖ Seeds: febrifuge and anti-dysenteric
Additional Uses