Traditionally known for its Mabuyu fruits, baobab tree has been a source of food and medicine. Baobab powder from dried and ground fruit is rich in Vitamin C and fibres, while baobab seed oil is ...

THE increasing demand for baobab fruits, fuelled by companies producing baobab-based products like juice, oil and powder ... are harvesting the fruit in bulk, leaving locals with minimum benefits ...

The baobab fruit is a large brown or green fruit with ... febrifuge (reduces fever), and the local population squeezes it to form a kind of juice that helps lower fever or cure dysentery.