\nSpecies<\/strong><\/p>\n
* Adansonia digitata \u2013 African Baobab (western, northeastern, central & southern Africa)<\/strong> The name Adansonia honours Michel Adanson, the French naturalist and explorer who described A. digitata. Baobabs store water inside the swollen trunk (up to 120,000 litres (32,000 US gal)) to endure the harsh drought conditions particular to each region. All occur in seasonally arid areas, and are deciduous, shedding their leaves during the dry season. The leaves are commonly used as a leaf vegetable throughout the area of mainland African distribution, including Malawi, Zimbabwe, and the Sahel. They are eaten both fresh and as a dry powder. In Nigeria, the leaves are locally known as kuka, and are used to make kuka soup.<\/p>\n The fruit is nutritious possibly having more vitamin C than oranges and exceeding the calcium content of cow’s milk. Also known as “sour gourd” or “monkey’s bread”, the dry fruit pulp separated from seeds and fibers is eaten directly or mixed into porridge or milk. In Malawi, the fruit pulp is used to make a nutrient-rich juice.<\/p>\n The fruit was once used in the production of tartar sauce. In various parts of East Africa, the dry fruit pulp is covered in sugary coating (usually with red coloring) and sold in packages as a sweet and sour candy called “boonya” or “bungha”.<\/p>\n The seeds are mostly used as a thickener for soups, but may also be fermented into a seasoning, roasted for direct consumption, or pounded to extract vegetable oil. The tree also provides a source of fiber, dye, and fuel.<\/p>\n Indigenous Australians used baobabs as a source of water and food, and used leaves medicinally. They also painted and carved the outside of the fruits and wore them as ornaments. A very large, hollow baobab south of Derby, Western Australia was used in the 1890s as a prison for Aboriginal convicts on their way to Derby for sentencing. The Boab Prison Tree still stands and is now a tourist attraction.<\/p>\n The whole fruit of the baobab is not available in the EU as current EU legislations from 1997 dictate that foods not commonly consumed in the EU have to be formally approved before going on sale. On 15 July 2008, the EU approved parts of the fruit for use in smoothies and cereal bars. Traditional uses of the whole fruit are unlikely outside of Africa as the fruit will be processed for export as a white powder with a cheese-like texture to be used as an ingredient in products.<\/p>\n Culture and myths<\/strong> * The national tree of Madagascar.[citation needed] Un avis consommateur, ou avis client, d\u00e9signe un \u00e9l\u00e9ment d\u2019appr\u00e9ciations et commentaires donn\u00e9s par les acheteurs sur un produit ou un service, que ce soit sur un crit\u00e8re particulier ou la globalit\u00e9 de l\u2019offre. Ces opinions refl\u00e8tent le niveau de satisfaction de la client\u00e8le.<\/i><\/p>\n Vous pouvez consulter les avis clients du site du laboratoire Biologiquement en suivant ce lien : <\/strong>avis biologiquement.shop<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n C\u2019est la note que nos clients nous donne actuellement. Merci pour votre confiance !<\/p>\n
\n * Adansonia grandidieri \u2013 Grandidier’s Baobab (Madagascar)<\/strong>
\n * Adansonia gregorii (syn. A. gibbosa) \u2013 Boab or Australian Baobab (northwest Australia)<\/strong>
\n * Adansonia madagascariensis \u2013 Madagascar Baobab (Madagascar)<\/strong>
\n * Adansonia perrieri \u2013 Perrier’s Baobab (North Madagascar)<\/strong>
\n * Adansonia rubrostipa (syn. A. fony) \u2013 Fony Baobab (Madagascar)<\/strong>
\n * Adansonia suarezensis \u2013 Suarez Baobab (Diego Suarez, Madagascar)<\/strong>
\n * Adansonia za \u2013 Za Baobab (Madagascar)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWater storage<\/p>\n
\nUses
\nThe fruit is about 18 cm long<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAdansonia grandidieri, Madagascar
\nAdansonia digitata, Tarangire National Park in Tanzania
\nBaobab in Recife. Possible inspiration for Saint Exup\u00e9ry<\/p>\n
\n* Used for bonsai (the most popular being A. digitata).
\n* Known colloquially as “upside-down tree”, it is cited in African lore: after creation, each of the animals was given a tree to plant and the hyena planted the baobab upside-down.
\n* Tabaldi is the name of the Baobab tree in Sudan and its fruit is Gongalis. Baobab’s trunk is used as a tank to store water. People in west Sudan use the hollow in the trunk to save water in the rain season. Gongalis is used to make juice or use to cure stomach and other diseases.
\n* Bark may have been used hundreds of years ago in Africa as a backscratcher or toothbrush.
\n* Having a distinctive foul smell, tree parts may have been used by primitive tribes to ward off evil spirits, making the tree known in African folklore as “God’s Thumb.”
\n* Rafiki, in The Lion King, makes his home in a baobab tree.
\n* Ernst Haeckel mentions “monkey bread-fruit trees (Adansonia)” in his The History of Creation (Chap. 29), and claims that their “individual life exceeds a period of five thousand years”.
\n* The owners of Sunland Farm in Limpopo, South Africa have built a pub called “The Big Baobab Pub” inside the hollow trunk of a 22 metres (72 ft) high baobab. The tree, which is 47m (155ft) in circumference, is reported to have been carbon dated at over 6,000 years old.
\n* Baobabs are cited in the The Little Prince as a tree that may “split” a small planet into pieces.<\/p>\n![\"Laboratoire](\"https:\/\/cdn.biologiquement.shop\/laboratoire_biologiquement_baomix_logo_david_hervy.jpg\"){kind=logo}
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