If you look up Baobabs online (Adansonia digitata), you will find that there is a lot of information about this incredible tree. Not only does it have edible fruit and seeds, which also have medicinal value, but the leaves are edible too. They can be eaten raw or cooked, and so in this podcast, I try them out.
Monthly Archives: December 2022
# 7 – November rains have turned the Indigenous garden green
The transition from the dry brown wintery garden to what it looks like now is so radical it always boggles my mind. How can a desert become so jungly? Well I think, or secretly hope, that these few years of good rains might become a common occurence. I love this jungle of green. This video mostly features a few of the indigenous trees growing in the garden, but also some flowers, and two of the ponds.
# 6 – Magagarape and Marama beans
Tylosema esculentum is an edible bean that grows around Botswana, but commonly in deep kalahari soils like those found in Magagarape. It’s a favourite of both humans and goats, so it takes some luck to find any ripe beans. Flowering time is from November onwards depending on the rains, and that goes for the beans too, they usually ripen from February to May. The video below was filmed in November 2022 after early rains.
Other plants in this video are: Elephantorrhiza elephantina; Senna italica; Ruelliopsis setosa; Rhynchosia minima; Xenostegia tridenta; Aptosimum decumbens and Gnidia polycephala
Gardens Botswana 