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Saba senegalensis
Saba senegalensis is a fruiting climbing shrub or small tree from the Sahel of West and Central Africa, grown for its edible fruit and used to help hold eroding soil. It is most often seen on riverbanks and in woodland, and it can grow as a vine up trees or as an erect shrub.
Saba senegalensis, known as weda in the Moore, "Oraa" in Dagaare, liane in French, màdd in Wolof, kabaa in Mandinka and laare in Pulaar, is a fruit-producing plant of the Apocynaceae family, native to the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa. It has several common names in various West African languages. The tree grows predominantly on riverbanks and in woodlands in Senegal, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Somalia and Ivory Coast. It has been observed growing as vine up trees, as a small erect shrub, and oftentimes growing to the size of a large tree.
ICRISAT has cited S. senegalensis as a useful food crop plant and as a tool to combat soil degradation in rural Africa.
Saba senegalensis is most easily propagated through seeds. Once you acquire seeds, soak them in warm water for 24 hours. Then, start seeds directly in cactus soil mix. Do not overwater. The seeds should sprout within 2–4 weeks. Alternatively, if you have access to a live plant, it can by propagated by use of cuttings. Simply cut a 6-12 inch branch from the plant, and start directly in soil. The plant should fruit within 2–5 years of being planted.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Saba senegalensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
