Adansonia Digitata

Scientific Name: Adansonia digitata

Common Name: baobab

Symbol: ADDI3

Category: Dicot

Genus: Adansonia

Family: Bombacaceae

Family Common Name: Kapok-tree family

Order: Malvales

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Tree

Native Status: PR (I)

Edible: unknown

Baobab large and detail of fruit with seeds

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Scientific Name: Adansonia digitata

Common Name(s): Baobab

Edible: yes

Medicinal: yes

Parts Used: root, fruit, leaf

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10 Aug, 2008

Description: The baobab tree may grow as high as 18 meters and may have a trunk 9 meters in diameter. The tree has short, stubby branches and a gray, thick bark. Its leaves are compound and their segments are arranged like the palm of a hand. Its flowers, which are white and several centimeters across, hang from the higher branches. Its fruit is shaped like a football, measures up to 45 centimeters long, and is covered with short dense hair.

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Logos 10 Aug, 2008	Habitat and Distribution: These trees grow in savannas. They are found in Africa, in parts of Australia, and on the island of Madagascar.
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Logos 10 Aug, 2008	Edible Parts: You can use the young leaves as a soup vegetable. The tender root of the young baobab tree is edible. The pulp and seeds of the fruit are also edible. Use one handful of pulp to about one cup of water for a refreshing drink. To obtain flour, roast the seeds, then grind them.
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Logos 10 Aug, 2008	Other Uses: Drinking a mixture of pulp and water will help cure diarrhea. Often the hollow trunks are good sources of fresh water. The bark can be cut into strips and pounded to obtain a strong fiber for making rope.
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