Baobab Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future

LIST OF TABLES
TABLE 1.1. NOMENCLATURE OF ADANSONIA SPECIES..................................10
TABLE 1.2. COMMON NAMES FOR AFRICAN BAOBAB. ..................................11
TABLE 2.1. PHENOLOGY OF ADANSONIA SPECIES.........................................20
TABLE 3.1. COUNTRIES OF AFRICA WITH DISTRIBUTION OF A. DIGITATA. .....24
TABLE 4.1. AMINO ACID COMPOSITION OF BAOBAB LEAVES.........................37
TABLE 4.2. MINERAL CONTENTS OF BAOBAB LEAVES ..................................38
TABLE 4.3. VITAMIN A CONTENTS OF BAOBAB LEAVES ...............................39
TABLE 4.4. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF BAOBAB FRUIT PULP......................40
TABLE 4.5. AMINO ACID COMPOSITION OF BAOBAB FRUIT PULP...................40
TABLE 4.6. MINERAL CONTENTS OF BAOBAB PULP.......................................41
TABLE 4.7. AMINO ACID COMPOSITION OF BAOBAB SEEDS...........................42
TABLE 4.8. MINERAL CONTENTS OF BAOBAB SEEDS.....................................43
TABLE 4.9. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEED OIL OF BAOBAB COMPARED WITH
PALM KERNEL OIL AND REFINED CORN OIL. ...........................................43
TABLE 4.10. CYCLIC FATTY ACID CONTENT SEEDS OF ADANSONIA SPECIES ..46
TABLE 6.1. COVERAGE OF NUTRITIONAL NEEDS IN MALI.............................63
TABLE 7.1. BAOBAB IN RELATION TO CLIMATIC ZONES OF AFRICA ..............64
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 2.1. PALMATE LEAF AND STEM DETAIL OF BAOBAB SHOWING THE
CLUMPED HAIRS. ...................................................................................17
FIGURE 2.2. FLOWER OF BAOBAB SHOWING THE FLOWER BUD AND CALYX,
AND THE FRUIT SHOWING THE MEALY PULP INSIDE THE HARD OUTER
SHELL....................................................................................................18
FIGURE 3.1. DISTRIBUTION OF ADANSONIA DIGITATA IN AFRICA AND
NEIGHBOURING AREAS ..........................................................................25
FIGURE 7.1. CLIMATOGRAMS FROM A RANGE OF LOCATIONS AT WHICH
ADANSONIA DIGITATA HAS BEEN MAPPED BY WICKENS ..........................65
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