Baobab fruit - Nature Cures®

Also known as Adansonia digitata.

The baobab tree is found in the savannas of African and India, mostly around the equator. It can grow up to 25 meters tall and can live for several thousand years and is leafless for nine months of the year.

The fruit is found inside hard pods that hang upside down from the tree and has a citrus flavour. Baobab fruit is “wild-harvested” meaning it is taken from its natural environment and dried naturally. The baobab’s bark, leaves, fruit and trunk are all used.

The bark of the baobab is used for cloth and rope, the leaves for condiments and medicines, while the fruit, called “monkey bread”, is eaten. Sometimes people live inside of the huge trunks and bushbabies live in the crown.

Baobab fruit consumption can protect against cancer, heart disease, diabetes and wrinkles as well as fight colds, stomach upsets and boost the immune system.

Baobab is a super fruit which has six times more vitamin C than an orange, twice as much calcium as a glass of milk and more iron than a steak. It also contains three times more antioxidants than blueberries and six times more potassium than a banana.

The soluble fibre found in baobab fruit have been found to exert prebiotic effects which means it promotes the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut.

Nutritional compounds in baobab fruit

Alpha-amyrin palmitate
Beta-amyrin palmitate
Beta-sitosterol
Carotenoids
Histidine
Hyraluronic acid
Isoleucine
Leucine
Lysine
Methionine
Pectin
Phenylalanine
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
Phytosterol
Saponins
Soluble fibre
Sterols
Tannic acid
Threonine
Triterpenes
Triterpenoids
Tryptophan
Ursolic acid
Valine

Vitamins in baobab fruit

Minerals in baobab fruit

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