This tree is native to much of Africa and parts of the Middle East.This is one of the most common trees in Senegal.
It is relative...Read Morely tolerant of flooding, livestock activity, and wildfire.
The yellow, single-seeded fruit is edible, but bitter. Many parts of the plant are used as famine foods in Africa; the leaves are eaten raw or cooked, the oily seed is boiled to make it less bitter and eaten mixed with sorghum, and the flowers can be eaten. The tree is considered valuable in arid regions because it produces fruit even in dry times. The fruit can be fermented for alcoholic beverages.
its seed contains 30-40% seed oil . The oil is used as cooking oil. The seed cake remaining after the oil is extracted is commonly used as animal fodder in Africa.
Medicinal uses of this plant are many.the oil is consumed for headache.THe pale to brownish yellow wood is used to make furniture and durable items such as tools, and it is a low-smoke firewood and good charcoal.
This tree is native to much of Africa and parts of the Middle East.This is one of the most common trees in Senegal.
It is relative...Read More