A Bounty of 'Wild Fruits'

From the Fresh Fruit Portal:

Commercialization of wild fruits has increased in Kenya with entrepreneurs selling baobab, marula, tamarinds and African plum seeds to growers

Tamarind Fruit

...fruits had become ’serious crops’ and were supporting hundreds of farmers in arid and semi-arid areas, from the lower end of the Eastern Province to the Kieni district in Central Kenya.

The different fruit varieties are often used during ‘hungry months’, while baobab fruit was grounded into a flour and mixed with water and sugar as a meal.

the tamarind, otherwise known as the ‘tree grape’ or ‘afrocado’, was rich in proteins, calcium, carbohydrates, iron and phosphorous...[continue reading]