Saba senegalensis
(A. DC.) Pichon
Saba, Gumvine
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Summary
Source: WikipediaSaba senegalensis, known as weda in the Moore, French, and English languages and madd in Wolof and laare in Pulaar, is a fruit-producing plant of the Apocynaceae family, native to the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa. It has several common names in various West African languages. The tree grows predominantly on riverbanks and in woodlands in Senegal, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Somalia and Ivory Coast. It has been observed growing as vine up trees, as a small erect shrub, and oftentimes growing to the size of a large tree. ICRISAT has cited S. senegalensis as a useful food crop plant and as a tool to combat soil degradation in rural Africa.
Description
A creeper or liana. It grows over 40 m long. It can be 47 cm around. The trunk can be 20 cm across. The leaves are opposite and twice as long as wide. The flowers are in groups of 3-30 and a loose group. They are tube shaped and have a yellow throat. The fruit are oval and 6 cm long and 8 cm across. The pulp is yellow. It is sweet-sour, soft and edible.
Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten raw or used for drinks. The leaves are used for flavouring and the bark is also edible.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten raw. They are also used for drinks.
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Medicinal Uses
The fruit is sold in local markets in West Africa.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows on the edges of forests in West Africa.
Where It Grows
Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana*, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, West Africa,
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seeds.
Propagation
Seed - traditionally, the seed is sown in situ or young seedlings are gathered from the wild and planted into gardens.
Other Uses
The plant contains an abundance of white sticky latex which hardens on exposure. It was exploited at one time for its rubber, but it was of poor quality and its main use was an adulterant of better quality rubbers. The latex can be used as an adhesive. Locally, the latex-filled sap is used to mend bicycle tires, football bladders, and so forth. The almost unbreakable vines are used to tie down the roofs of native huts. They are also made into ropes, with which to scale trees (for tapping palm-wine, for instance, or collecting nuts).
Other Information
The fruit are sold in local markets.
Nutrition
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit | 80 | 297 | 71 | 0.8 | — | 36 | 1 | — |
| Fruit | 80 | — | 71 | 0.8 | — | 48 | 1 | — |
Synonyms
Also Known As
Anoma, Bindipe, Bundok, Bu hindik, Buoca, Capdjone, Fole-de-elefanta, Fole, Foli, Foligros, Gulugu, Ibo gidi, Lare, Liane goine, Mad, Ora, Sagba, Sono-nantin, Tole, Wedga, Zaban
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