Saba senegalensis Images

Ripe fruit opened to reveal the flesh
Photograph by: Jonas Roux

Flowering and fruiting plant
Photograph by: Marco Schmidt; African plants - A Photo Guide
© Marco Schmidt

Cultivated plant
Photograph by: Marco Schmidt; African plants - A Photo Guide
© Marco Schmidt

Multi-stemmed trunk of an old specimen
Photograph by: Philippe Birnbaum; African plants - A Photo Guide
© Philippe Birnbaum

Ripe fruits
Photograph by: Stefan Porembski; African plants - A Photo Guide
© Stefan Porembski

Fruit opened to show structure
Photograph by: Marco Schmidt; African plants - A Photo Guide
© Marco Schmidt

Flowering stem
Photograph by: Marco Schmidt; African plants - A Photo Guide
© Marco Schmidt

Close-up of the flowers
Photograph by: Karen Hahn-Hadjali; African plants - A Photo Guide
© Karen Hahn-Hadjali

Leaf
Photograph by: Arne Erpenbach; African plants - A Photo Guide
© Arne Erpenbach

Latex seeping from a cut fruit
Photograph by: Arne Erpenbach; African plants - A Photo Guide
© Arne Erpenbach

Woman carrying a tray of the fruit
Photograph by: Food Ethics Council

Developing fruit
Photograph by: Marco Schmidt

The cooked fruit is very tart and flavorful. Very popular in the southern Senegal forest region. The seeds are removed from the fruit and boiled until the seed covering is soft, with sugar added to taste. The large, hard seed pits remain and are discarded during eating.
Photograph by: T.K. Naliaka