Scientific name: Adansonia digitata
Common name: Baobab
Local name: (Ewe) adzido, alagbatsi
Family name: Bombacaceae

Description: It is a big savannah tree growing up to 30m
with trunk base.
Habitat: It is found in hot, dry savannah growing in
solitary individualism.
Part used: Bark, fruit pulp, seed, leaves.
Active ingredients: Has twice much calcium as milk, anti-oxidants, iron and potassium, has 6times the vitamin C of an orange, sugars.

Uses: The leaves are potherbs and also eaten as relish. Fruit used as beverage. Seed produce edible oil. Baobab fruit used as ingredient in smoothies and cereal bars. Bark used as fibre marcerated for ropes, harness, fishing lines, nets, baskets. Soap can be made from the ash of the burnt pods. It is called the “tree of life”.

Scientific name: Sesamum indicum
Common name: Sesame
Local name:
Family name: Pedaliaceae

Description: It is an annual plant growing to 50 to 100cm tall, opposite leaves 4 to 14cm long with an entire margin, broad lanceolate.
Part used: Seed
Habitat: It is cultivated in the northern belt of Ghana. Active ingredients: Iron, magnesium, manganese,copper, calcium, vitamin B, (thiamine) and vitamin E (tocopherol) lignans, sesamin, anti phytic acid, polyunsaturated fat.

Uses: It is an antioxidant and anti - cancer; reduces blood cholesterol. It prolongs youth and beauty. It is for strength and energy. Oil used for massage it is a flavouring agent as the leaves are also potherb.