10 Amazing African Trees and Their Medicinal Benefits

Whatever your reason for wanting to come to the africa, I believe Africa houses marvelous historical emblems that history can not turn its head away from.

In a survival situation, plants can provide food and medicine. Their safe use requires absolutely positive identification, knowing how to prepare them for eating, and knowing any dangerous properties they might have. Familiarity with botanical structures of plants and information on where they grow will make them easier to locate and identify.

my advise to people is, Harm not the land nor the sea nor the trees for they are not yours or mine. They belong to the children of children unborn from now to the end of time.

Below are some of the trees and their magical benefits, happy tree_ing

AFRICAN ALMOND TREE (Local Name: Umbrella)

The fruit is edible. The fruit improves memory and boasts energy. Leaves can be used for treating and preventing dysentery, cancer and liver disease.

BANANA (Local Name: Ayaba)

Food-edible fruit. Rich sources of Potassium and Vitamin B6. Another amazing discovery about banana is that, it aids people to give up smoking and it is very rich in vitamin C, A, B6 and B12.

PAW-PAW (Local Name: Gwanda)

Food-edible fruit. Leaves and fruit used for treatment of typhoid. Leaves are good for green manure.

TAMARIND (Local Name: Tsamiya)

Edible fruit which promotes blood circulation in the body. It also aids digestion and helps in the control of blood pressure and cholesterol. Tamarind helps in management of diabetes.

MANGO (Local Name: Mangoro)

Food-edible fruit. Leaves used for treatment of malaria fever and stomach ache. The leaves are good for green manure.

NEEM (Local Name: Limis)

Leaves and bark used in treatment of typhoid fever and anemia.

CASHEW (Local Name: Kashu)

Fruits and nut are edible. The leaves help in treatment of typhoid fever.

LEUCAENA (Local Name: Bunu)

Leaves used as animal fodder and as green manure.

MORINGO OLEIFERA (Local Name: Zogale)

Leaves used for cooking, soap making, in cosmetics. All parts of the plant used in a variety of traditional medicines. Seed used to purify water. Leaves help to maintain healthy cholesterol levels.

MELINA (Local Name: Katako)

Leaves are used for composting and fodder. Trees used to produce woodchips for domestic markets.

AN ODE TO THE TREE

Like a tree,
her roots went deep into the soil of life,
sustaining and nurturing her,
and her branches extending bravely to the sky.

"When You keep refining Yourself through Healthy Food, the Clay in you will give way for the Gold in You to shine."