Baobab Superfruit - Africa's Gift to You

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Join Gus Le Breton (aka the African Plant Hunter), Chair of the African Baobab Alliance, as he takes you through a quick overview of everything you need to know about the African superfruit Baobab. Covering both the health benefits of consuming Baobab and the positive social and environmental impacts that arise from its trade, this short but comprehensive video covers all the key bases. So if you're wondering how Baobab can help build your immunity, manage your blood sugar levels or boost your intake of essential fibre, vitamins and minerals, this is the video you need to watch.
In addition to his plant-hunting activities, Gus is also partner in a baobab-producing business in Zimbabwe (www.bayoba.biz), a baobab marketing business in Europe and North America (www.baobabexports.com) and is the current Chair of the African Baobab Alliance (www.africanbaobaballiance.org).
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africanbaobaballiance.org/
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@witnesskozanayi5709 3 жыл бұрын

Wonder tree with over 300 uses! Did a PhD on this tree... And Gus succintly presents facts on this great tree of Africa!

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

And your PhD is a wonderful piece of scholarship on this incredible tree!

@MakusaroTesha 2 жыл бұрын

Is it not available in Australia or Asia?

@chinyeluobiasor6862 2 жыл бұрын

Baobab is in Australia. It grows in the wild

@Thehealthybillionaire Жыл бұрын

Amazing. Any chance of seeing your thesis on it etc? Hopefully you reply

@atomicskull6405 Жыл бұрын

@@chinyeluobiasor6862 Different species though. Also edible but probably a bit different.

@user96476 Жыл бұрын

I am Sudanese and baobab, or as we call it (gongolaes) is eaten as sweets or drank especially in Ramadan because a single cup can keep you hydrated for a long time. Thanks for sharing this video 😊

@AfricanPlantHunter Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing that! Very good to know!

@hg6996 10 ай бұрын

This year I was able to grow three Baobab plants out of seeds which I brought from Senegal in 2004. 19 years old seeds but still able to grow. Amazing plant!

@crepin2535 7 ай бұрын

Wow. I'm intrigued which country you live in ?

@murungu24 3 жыл бұрын

I been eating the baobab everyday for several years now I love the taste. The first time I ate it was in the early 90s when I got a few fruits as a present from some relatives of my first wife in zim. Then Just ate it as candy open the nut and sucked on the pieces of pulp. Now I mix it with milk and moringa and pour over my porridge.

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

nice, thanks for sharing!

@chinyeluobiasor6862 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent combination.

@rolandboudreau3736 2 жыл бұрын

I eat it everyday in the powder form. It is a powerful superfood!

@amkurawa 3 жыл бұрын

In Northern Nigeria the leaves are more useful in making soup with the dry green leaves and the fresh leaves are also used for same . It's known as Kuka and the soup is miyan Kuka . It's a very common recipe in Northern Nigeria for decades .

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, the leaves are delicious, but down here in Southern Africa they are not commonly eaten like they are in Nigeria and other parts of West Africa. Thanks for sharing!

@NomD05MZ Жыл бұрын

We also have Baobab tree in South Africa in Limpopo province, it has many uses, it is our vitamin c,skin cleansing and treatment of cloasma and acne etc.

@gacaumaina7372 2 жыл бұрын

This was a common snack/candy where I grew up at the Kenyan coast. I loved the spiced flavours, with added food color for visual appeal. Common spice used was cardamom. Thanks for sharing this content.

@grantberry359 3 жыл бұрын

I love what you are doing, Gus ! OMG, there is SO much material for you in Zim - this is going to be a fantastic channel to follow, and I look forward to seeing may more. As a youth, my favourite book was Coated-Palgrave's "Bible" (you know the one! - I had a leather-bound edition, and it went everywhere in the shateen with me). My other favourite was Margret Tredgold's book on Food Plants of Zim. So your channel is definitely on my wavelength!

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks so much. That's awesome to hear. Yes, I share the same bibles as you do, although I only have a dodgy soft copy of the Tredgold book (impossible to find hard copies any more, sadly!). I'm chuffed you've stumbled across my channel, and hope it helps keep the flame burning for you!

@eswaribalan164 10 ай бұрын

Wonderful....

@davidmiles-hanschell 2 жыл бұрын

Great work you are doing Gus making us in the West aware of the value of the Baobab tree to the African ecosystem and its supreme food value .My Dad was a botanist,agronomist and and involved in sugar cane cultivation in the tropics; where I spent my formative years .I learn a lot from programs about the food plants that I did not know before.These trees are mentioned in Saint Exupery's story, Little Prince;until I watched your video I had had, no idea how valuable these trees are,.

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That's exactly what I'm trying to achieve so this is really appreciated and valued feedback. Helped by the fact that the Little Prince is one of my most favourite books in the world (to which I can honestly say I owe my marriage, amongst many other things!).

@HookShootAndCookWithDada Ай бұрын

Very well presented and very informative. Thank you.

@AfricanPlantHunter 23 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@corneliusdudzai4299 5 ай бұрын

You are doing wonderful works Gus. Thank you.

@lvncsr6166 2 жыл бұрын

this is so exciting! I can't wait to get started consuming this.

@Margoth195 3 жыл бұрын

Micro Biome for the win! Hello Gus. love the deep dive! one of the professors at my university work on the microbiome and its effects his name is Dr. Liping Zhao (at Rutgers University. New Jersey USA). his work might interest you. Some of his research relates to how traditional plants impact the microbiome to improve metabolism. having said this I now want baobab fruit. stay cool out there!

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for this. I've checked out Dr Zhao's work. Took me into a long nerdish rabbit hole for a while there! Really useful and I appreciate the pointer.

@AdmireM 3 жыл бұрын

I love your vidoes Gus, great work you are doing. I see this channel exploding as more people discover it, the content is just incredible. Keep it up! .....and i am so nostalgic for my homeland Zimbabwe.

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for those kind words! I just love making this content and the fact that there are people out there like you who enjoy what I do makes it all worth while!

@tombimashri8149 2 жыл бұрын

And in the west boab powder is so expensive, hope iits natural with no added stuff just to make money. As children my mother alwzys gav us boab poridge, she would add boab into a pot pour milk stir it until its thick in this cold milk it bcomes poridge very delicious

@anthonylehner3643 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video! I will definitely be watching more of your Channel!👍

@michellem8077 6 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing wonderful, educational, informative videos of Africa

@mohammedkadaimustapha1038 2 жыл бұрын

In nothern Nigeria we bland the dry leave’s and used for soup and the fruit also we used to mixed it with sugar,water and milk is very sweet the baobab soup is my favorite traditional soup.

@eswaribalan164 10 ай бұрын

Superb.

@charityovwiovwio7501 5 ай бұрын

Which northern state please I’ll love to have a taste

@rizwanullahsardarkhel 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the great job you are doing by introducing the precious & the historical tree of Zim. You also highlighted the nutricoius value of its fruit not known to the world before as I think. This if not declared yet, should be declared as the national tree of Zim. The only request to the people of the world to help the poor people of Zim by facilitaing marketting the the product of this tree in their respective countries. Thanks & regards from Pakistan.

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yes, you're right. We need to focus on the marketing. Not enough people know about this fruit and the demand is still low. We need to grow awareness so that more people in African can benefit by entering the supply chain.

@lilacer6841 2 жыл бұрын

baobabs are all over Africa. there is a woman in Ghana who makes ice cream from the fruit.

@Dizzyish 2 жыл бұрын

Wow this was insightful, thanks

@jacktellsayarn877 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making such interesting content. Recently found need to research African plants and your videos are a really helpful!

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm thrilled you find them helpful!

@johnconner9400 3 жыл бұрын

@@AfricanPlantHunter I swear baobab is my favorite purchased fruit in the world I’m. Not kidding I purchase it by the pounds

@johnconner9400 3 жыл бұрын

@@AfricanPlantHunter best plant ever excellent video such a majestic miracle tree baobab===❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍

@Abbytaz1 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video Gus. Great job.

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nick!

@Julian_Wang-pai 10 ай бұрын

Excellent! Content and delivery.

@luckiachikodzore3301 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such wonderful information about the baobab.

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm so glad you found it helpful!

@moudhlongwane9700 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite fruits. Thank you for great work

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@gusbilly 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this knowledge. Cheers from Trinidad

@Haileambesa 2 жыл бұрын

Find your channel was my most beautiful sorprice of the day♥️

@jeniferjeyaseelan5441 2 жыл бұрын

Nice watching this clip...Mr.Gus

@ladysonkongolo7006 3 жыл бұрын

Mr Africa plant hunter. I am very glad to watch you video. I tasted baobab seed, powder and it juice in Lilongwe. Now I'm in DRCongo. We have very big forest if you are interested let me know for further programs

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I wasn't aware there were baobab trees in DRC, so that's very useful to know! If I see any opportunity that might help benefit you and baobab harvesters in DRC, I'll be sure to let you know!

@josephjohn5864 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for giving this great message.

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for enjoying this message!

@guhanbalaraman4914 2 жыл бұрын

tku mr gus le breton for your depth of information on baob.

@anthonyburke5656 10 ай бұрын

I don’t know if you are aware that the Baobab is also native to Northern Australia, of recent years it has been planted quite extensively in landscaping in the temperate regions. The most unique use I’ve seen of the “fruit” is to use the shoots in salads.

@dotdoh2693 3 жыл бұрын

Great thank you.more content, we loved eating tsubvu nhengeni, mutiti barks,tsombori

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm eating tsubvu in front of my computer as I read this. Delicious!

@DannyPoet Жыл бұрын

wow looks amazing.. i read bout these trees before - awesome video.. gona buy some baobab

@isaacnyarco7201 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks enormously for your good work.

@RepampGhana 2 жыл бұрын

wonderful lectures we are really grateful

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@sqrd3536 Жыл бұрын

I like to think of it as the 'elephant of all trees'. One of my favourites grew up eating this fruit.

@samaale7381 3 жыл бұрын

The dove 🕊 sound in the background reminds me back home in Somalia.

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite background sounds in Africa!

@xiomi5725 3 жыл бұрын

👌👍👍👍 Baobab fruit is the best. I love babob. Tanks you sir. Budi Permana Permana - Indonesia. 🙏

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, all the way from Indonesia!

@franciscamatonse8999 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information There is plenty of this fruit at North of Mozambique

@nantakota4190 10 ай бұрын

Watching it from Mozambique, we do have some of those here too. Glad to be informed about the health benefits of Barbado / Malambi “ how we call it in Mozambique “

@NATURALBEEKEEPERSCOLLECTIVE 8 ай бұрын

This is awesome. I first learned about these trees in Australia Baobabs do not just grow in Africa there are some in Australia that are said to be 700 years old or more. There are also islands that they grow on.

@sagayagambrun5149 10 ай бұрын

Be blessed.!Thank you!

@user-si8pv7ru8w 10 ай бұрын

In Senegal and the Gambia we use to make baoba juce or baobab cream during ceremonies and ramadan and even the leaves are sweet.

@barbarachandler4430 3 жыл бұрын

I've these trees since the first time I saw a picture of them. I love odd looking plants, Baobab is king, in my book. If I can't get to see one in person, then I shall eat the fruit! Thank you.

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! And yes, you should try by all means to see a baobab tree in person. It is a truly breathtaking experience!

@whiliyamz 3 жыл бұрын

I leave in the North west part of Zambia and those fruits don't exist so to cover up for them, I have my Wife buy them in bulk every time she travels to Lusaka..... I am definitely the Number 1 fan of that Fruit

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Great to hear from other baobab fans!

@winfredogilvie4389 3 жыл бұрын

Great video I learned something new and that’s good

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@Bushman5444 2 жыл бұрын

What a good music! These music make our European brothers keep coming back !

@learningwiththecoolcrew 3 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely going to buy some powder. Thank you for this video sir.

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@igordinis783 3 жыл бұрын

I always knew that this tree was special. Thanks for your information.

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure

@obviousmaroveke9097 2 жыл бұрын

Next time try eating the seeds too, they have a very delicious nut inside. Whenever i eat the i make sure i break the seed too. But avoid chewing the seed with the white pulp on because your teeth end up being sensitive for like a short time in shona e call it HWADZIRA

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I've experienced Hwadzira many times from eating baobab. It's so delicious though, that doesn't stop me!

@weightlosszoeller7513 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work you did there.👍👍👍

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@teeliving4 Жыл бұрын

I love mawuyu, l bought lots of them from home. I will try to make homemade ice cream with them. Thank you for your content very informative ❤️

@AfricanPlantHunter Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Fantastic to hear that you are using them to make ice cream. That must be delicious. And obviously super-healthy!

@ceaserchembezi1629 23 күн бұрын

That's a great presentation. I've learnt a thing or too

@AfricanPlantHunter 23 күн бұрын

Thank you, much appreciated!

@Whatsyournarrative Жыл бұрын

My favourite! We have a lot of it in Gambia/Senegal.

@MadamDiol 3 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite fruit... I make the drink and also put it in my smoothies...

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's definitely my favourite fruit too!

@kirkbrandt9255 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful singing

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

I know, the sounds of rural Africa. So beautiful!

@kitony Жыл бұрын

We sequenced all the species of baobab, looking forward to share the haplotype resolved assemblies and annotations

@mphomuthubi7453 2 күн бұрын

In Venda Limpopo province it is called Muvhuyu and its fruit is called Mbuyu. Used in a variety of health issues. I have about 45kg of this powder and I can ship that to you for only R200 for Kg. I just love this old dinassour!

@sarahJackson417 3 жыл бұрын

Cool, I didn't know you were a KZfaqr and it's Sarah from camp

@mariej6962 Жыл бұрын

Soluble fiber indeed. But I prefer baobab snacks usually mixed with sugar/honey and herbs, added with aroma such as vanilla without removing the seeds, very common in Tanzania. Baobab seeds should be classified as nuts as well to my opinion. Baobab ice cream is also common.

@AfricanPlantHunter Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@jakubkubuszewski7984 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that video

@AfricanPlantHunter Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@davidsam1885 2 жыл бұрын

A wonderful documentary, ameizing knowledge, but I wish you to visit my Tanzania country 🇹🇿so incredible, I wish to meet you and learning more through you...

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Your country Tanzania is one of my very favourite countries in Africa. I have visited it many times, and can't wait to go there again when this boring COVID is finished!!

@MakusaroTesha 2 жыл бұрын

@@AfricanPlantHunter most welcome Sir 🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿

@adityatodi7893 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mr APH, I am in love with the health benefits of the Baobab. Wanted to explore about it's potential in the Indian market. Let me know if we can further discuss on it.

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, let's definitely talk!

@kathlydiaedwards1125 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you too!

@Sitche Жыл бұрын

In Zimbabwe there is an ice lolly made of baobab fruit. It is tasty.

@GrowingHarmony 2 жыл бұрын

بہت شکریہ

@amaduconate5262 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my God!From now I'm gonna start to look at my neighbor's baobab plant with more respect 🙌. There's a possibility that it could live up to 2500 years! A lot of nations had started and fallen between those years!

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, the world was a very different place 2500 years ago!

@joylinedzomba955 2 жыл бұрын

Gus do you have something on Tamarind, (Utsiga in shona). Grew up eating it and my grandmother always taught us to incorporate it in many dishes.

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion. I haven't done this tree yet, but will definitely put it on my To Do list!

@thokozanidzekedzeke8538 Жыл бұрын

Love the background song "easy boss we gonna do the plucking of baobab fruit" my vernacular.

@sustainablefarmingsolution5420 2 жыл бұрын

This is interesting, not just the tree but the fact that he says he is in Zim but the song at the start is in chichewa most likely in Malawi

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, well spotted! I am indeed in Zim but the song was indeed shot in Malawi. You were really paying attention. Thank you!

@nzopfur 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Gus thank you so much for the info. how do we grind the seeds into powder

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Good question! The traditional method is with a pestle and mortar. There is a traditional coffee-like beverage made using this technique. The. seeds are first soaked in water to remove all the powder, then dried and lightly roasted, before being crushed in the pestle and mortar to make a coarse powder. The industrial technique is simply to put them in a hammer mill, which is a bit quicker and easier!

@jamesmhango2619 Жыл бұрын

Good work brother.

@AfricanPlantHunter Жыл бұрын

Appreciated!

@charmaineashman2319 2 ай бұрын

Yes it's very good i have use it before and i am going to get another one tomorrow from my Health store ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🇬🇧

@jamesb2291 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew baobab trees had fruit or any food value. Hopefully I will have a chance to try it someday.

@trailfindersafricasafaris Жыл бұрын

YOU CAN EVEN GET THEM ON THE STREETS OF NAIROBI

@paradzaimakosa2005 3 жыл бұрын

do you have to mix it with high glycemic foods to reduce the insulin spike or you eat after or before or together?

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

No. If you eat it by itself it will work as a slow release energy. source. If you add it to other high GI foods, it will lower the glycaemic response of those foods.

@theroyalqueenmab 7 ай бұрын

Please help. I am looking for the tree that makes one lactate. I think its the cork fruit tree.

@joylinedzomba955 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up eating baobab and i eat it like snack, my body will become warm

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! I guess that's the slow release energy it's giving you......

@lealavaamalo4836 2 жыл бұрын

The Baobab tree I believe is certainly a gift to Arfica.

@r.cooper9790 2 жыл бұрын

I used to venture out into the bush most of my life and having decided to perform some indoor plant experiments, I wrote a book entitled, Plants & Wild Species, Lulu Press Ltd. on growing aesthetic plants in indoor containers.

@lankaat 2 жыл бұрын

Looks drop much like the belli fruit which is very popular in South East Asia.

@ceutamelilla4826 3 жыл бұрын

Hello sir, can baobab tree be grown from stem cuttings instead from seeds?

@Margoth195 3 жыл бұрын

in Short yes. Generally speaking when it comes to plant propagation and tissue culture, where there is a will there is a way (it really comes down to the needs of the plant and what balance of nutrients and hormones you use.). this link describes the basic process. balconygardenweb.com/how-to-grow-a-baobab-tree-everything-about-baobab/#:~:text=Baobab%20tree%20can%20also%20be,fungal%20attacks%20and%20stem%20rot. @Gus have you ever tried or seen anyone try this? I can really only speak to the academic nature of this question, not the practical.

@siobhansweet3240 2 ай бұрын

Is there a transcript available for this video, please

@ajabkhan9320 10 ай бұрын

Ajab khan khattak.Can it be grown from seeds or cuttings ?How long does it take to bear fruit ?

@eswaribalan164 10 ай бұрын

Where, how do we get a precious seed to plant the tree... Looks like a similar tree that is grown in india, has very hard seeds.

@shoraimatyatya3040 Жыл бұрын

Well done Gus❤

@AfricanPlantHunter Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@thephoenix2176 3 жыл бұрын

Food for thought...The world needs Mother Afrika, Mother Afrika doesn't t need the world. Thanks!

@AfricanPlantHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I would say you are absolutely right with that one!

@nashilongoiiyambo2250 2 жыл бұрын

Can I get the podwer in namibia?

@collinswuks3959 2 жыл бұрын

Great work, man. Wish the Nigerian government could bring you and other indigenous scientists to conduct a comprehensive survey of the country's faun and fauna. We so blessed with so much natural endorsements yet don't even know not to talk of appreciating them.

@Chigo-nr8jg 2 жыл бұрын

I’m telling you bro. Most boring days I rummage through KZfaq looking for videos on our traditional fruits and vegetable, so many of them that are not even known outside here. And we don’t even love them. Sadly some are going extinct.

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm ready and willing!

@AfricanPlantHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully your days are not so boring when you come across some of my videos!

@kevingay9525 2 жыл бұрын

My best snack in primary school, mama Africa

@percymak72 10 ай бұрын

great Gus. I am interested in meeting ant working with you. I am so passionate about traditional plants(born of a herbalist mother)

@husha6372 4 ай бұрын

Recently Kenya coast county of Kilifi where the Baobab are mostly found sent many of this species to Florida state to be planted in Florida marshes

@timebot000 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this! I just bought some powder to try using, andnow wonder if i can purchase seeds to plant where i am here in arizona, as they might like growing here. We are high desert with 3 months of monsoon rain and winters do get cold for a short time, even snowy, tho the ground will not stay frozen. Can u recommend how best to import seeds and when to plant them and how deep or shallow? Ive not been to Zimbabwe but i was taught to play traditional Mbira dzavadzimu songs, my favorite music of all Time❤

@AfricanPlantHunter 11 ай бұрын

Unfortunately I don't think it will survive your winters. Here in Africa it only exists in places where the low temperature is several degrees above freezing. If you get snow there, I'd say there's little chance of survival! But I love the fact that you're learned to play dzavadzimu songs. That's fantastic!!

@timebot000 11 ай бұрын

@@AfricanPlantHunter ...Oh thank for your reply I'd sure like to visit Africa some day! Well, our very few snows usually melt in a day.. but at least I have some seeds here for the future..there may come just the right spot to try them 😎