File:Baobab fruit, mature, split detail with dry pulp - Adansonia digitata.jpg

English: Three examples, with one split in half, of typical mature fruits of the Adansonia digitata baobab tree. Somewhat lightweight for their size, the skin is now very hard. The greenish outer covering which gives the fruits a velvety appearance, (but is somewhat irritating to the skin, so the fruits are typically handled only by their stems) wears off, thus the variance in colors as seen here. Unusually, the pulp inside is naturally very dry, so it can be stored as is, unlike other fruits. Called 'bouye' in Wolof, in Senegal, but names vary between languages and countries. This dry whitish opaque fruit pulp is dissolved in water to separate the pulp from the dark brown seeds that are inside it, and the fibers, then sieved to make baobab juice. High in vitamin C, it is a very tart, sour fruit; sugar is usually added to moderate the tartness. Often eaten as is as a snack; the whitish dry pulp chunks are picked out and dissolved in the mouth, the seeds discarded. Scale: largest fruit shown 21 cm long with a circumference at the widest end, 28 cm. The dry skin at this stage was 1 cm in thickness and very hard. Even though they are not visible here inside the white opaque pulp, the number of seeds in this sample split open fruit was 155; seeds were approximately 1.2 cm in length.