Senegal Saba

Description

Saba senegalensis French (from a Pulaar bastardization): liane saba; Wolof: mad or madd or "kabaa" in Gambian Wolof; Pulaar: laare) is a shrub-like fruit tree of the Apocynaceae family, native to the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa. The tree grows predominantly on riverbanks and in woodlands. ICRISAT has cited S. senegalensis as a useful food crop plant and as a tool to combat soil degradation in rural Africa. This tree, or another very similar specie, is also found in east Africa, for example in Comoros, Madagascar and Tanzania, referred to as saba comorensis.