Description
D. senegalense consists of medium-sized “tallow trees” that can grow up to 40 m tall. Coming from the Caesalpiniaceae family, these Angiosperm leguminous trees are dicots that grow thick and scattered branches. The trees can range from 60–100 cm in diameter. They produce globular drupe fruits that are characterized by their dark green coating, fibrous pulp, and seed. They are comparable to tamarind fruits which also originate from the Caelsapiniacae family. The fruits have an appealing sweet and sour flavour and a good shelf life due to a hard shell and dry pulp. Some trees produce toxic fruits and there is currently no method of differentiating these from trees that grow safe fruits.
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