DESERT DATE TREE
EGYPTIAN BALSAMABORAGHSOAP MAKERSUMP BALANITES AEGYPTIACA ZYGOPHYLLACEAE The desert date tree has many local names, some examples: ABORAGH in the Tuareg language, SAVONNIER in CHAD, several names in Arabic (LALOB, HIDJIHI),…
BITTER LEAF VERNONIA
The ASTERACEAE, are an immense family of flowering plants which contains several hundred botanical genera including the genus Vernonia = Gymnanthenum which also includes hundreds of species in Asia ,…
AFRICAN PEAR NSAFU
The AFRICAN PEAR or BUSH BUTTER TREE, DACRYODES EDULIS, BURSERACEAE, is a tree with edible oleaginous fruits which grows naturally in Central Africa in the humid tropico-equatorial zone from sea…
KOLA NUT
KOLA trees , MALVACEAE,(formerly sterculiaceae) originate from the warm and humid regions of West Africa. Botanists distinguish at least 5 species that have edible and medicinal nuts (the botanical classification…
SHEA BUTTER TREE
The shea butter tree or simply shea tree, VITELLARIA PARADOXA = BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII (SAPOTACEAE), is a tree of the African savannah (between 1000 and 1500 mm of annual rainfall) present…
KHAT or QAT
The cath or khat or qat, CATHA EDULIS, CELESTRACEAE, is a small tree native to eastern (Horn of Africa) and southern Africa.It reaches about ten meters in tropical zones with…
AFRICAN BAOBAB
There are at least 8 species of baobab of the genus Adamsonia (Madagascar, Africa, Australia). The African baobab Adamsonia digitata , BOMBACEAE, is the best known because the most widespread,…
ARGAN TREE
Sapotaceae are, in general, plants from the tropical regions.Some are useful species : Sapote and sapodilla (genus Pouteria and Sapota (or Achras)), two fruits typical of tropical America and the…