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Article: THE TREE OF LIFE (AND ITS SUPER FRUIT)
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 17, 2008
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The medicinal properties of the baobab fruit are the stuff of
African legend. Claire Soares says it also tastes great and, thanks
to an EU ruling, we will all be able to try some soon
Food and health
It didn't matter what was wrong with me, be it a stomach upset or
a rogue spot, the remedy prescribed by Senegalese friends was always
the same. Baobab fruit - and lots of it.
Usually it was administered in the form of a Senegalese smoothie,
the fruit pulp mixed with water to make what is known in the local
Wolof language as bouye. The white drink delivered hints of velvety
yoghurt with a flick of tart sherbet to the tongue. And it was not
only mighty tasty, it left Western anti-diarrhoea ...