Food and fruit trees of The Gambia.
Szolnoki T. W.
Author Affiliation: BFH, Hamburg, German Federal Republic.
: 132pp.
Abstract : After introductory sections on the utilization of food and fruit trees, detailed treatments are given for 40 species, with information on: scientific and common names; characteristics of trees and parts used; cultivation and propagation; food uses, with details on processing and cooking methods given for some species; other uses (including of timber etc.); and overall evaluation. The more intensively utilized species include: Adansonia digitata; Balanites aegyptiaca; Borassus aethiopum; Citrus spp.; Elaeis guineensis; Ficus gnaphalocarpa [F. sycomorus]; and Parkia biglobosa. A general discussion is presented on developing well-known and underutilized trees and shrubs for food use. Lists are included of common names (with botanical equivalents) in English, French, Fula, Jola, Mandinka, and Wolof; the lists of tribal names include some species not treated in the text.