The baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) is found throughout Africa, generally at low altitudes and in hotter, drier areas.

The baobab is best-known for its high vitamin C content. The pulp has levels of vitamin C averaging 300mg/100 g, nearly 6 times higher than that of an orange. 20 g of an average baobab fruit would provide the daily vitamin C requirement for a human. The pulp is commonly known as "cream of tartar".

The pulp also has high values for carbohydrates, calcium, potassium, thiamine and nicotinic acid, with appreciable quantities of tartaric acid and potassium bitartrate. 

Medicinally, the pulp has many traditional applications. The pulp is consumed to treat fever, diarrhoea, malaria, haemoptysis and scorbutic complaints (vitamin C deficiency).

Our baobab fruit will be harvested and pulped by SAFIRE supported community groups in the Chipinge area of Zimbabwe.

Available end 2004.