Sudanese Baobab (Adansonia digitata)‎

Abstract EN

The baobab tree is widespread throughout the hot, drier regions of tropical Africa, where it dominates the landscape and reveals the presence of a watercourse from afar.

The baobab fruit is referred to as “The fruit of Africa’s Tree of Life” because it is one of the biggest trees in the continent and can store huge amounts of water and its trunk.

Baobab leaves, bark, roots, pulp and seeds are used for multiple medicinal purposes, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic, anti-diarrhea, antidysentery.

The baobab fruit is used as food or drinking juice; baobab pulp has a high nutritive value in terms of protein and carbohydrate contents and also contains minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, sodium, and it is a good source of vitamin C.

This article aims to shed light on the baobab literature, particularly baobab from Sudan.

Baobab trees are well known in Sudan by the local names of Gongulaze and Tabaldi.