Baobab Fruit - Uses

Uses

Since 2008, there has been increasing interest for developing baobab seeds or dried fruit powder for consumer products. As of 2010, the potential international market was estimated at $1 billion per year.

The tree also provides a source of fiber, dye, and fuel. Indigenous Australians used baobabs as a source of water and food, leaves for traditional medicine, and painted or carved fruits to be worn as ornaments. A large, hollow baobab south of Derby, Western Australia was used in the 1890s as a prison for convicts on their way to Derby for sentencing. The Boab Prison Tree, Derby still stands and is now a tourist attraction. There is a similar tree near the Western Australian town of Wyndham.