Acacia albida
Uses
Kenya: (Mbeere division, Embu district): unspecified part of plant [seeds?] eaten. Nigeria (Kano State, northern): unspecified part of plant [seed?] eaten. Zambia: the Gwembe Tonga boil and eat the seeds, after an extensive detoxification process. The beans must be boiled for at least a day. After a prolonged soaking and cooking, the beans are shelled and then cooked a second time in a water solution of ashes. Not until this has been poured off and the beans soaked but not cooked in a third change of water is the food edible.
Additional Information
- Name Authority:
- DeLile.
- Vernaculars:
- - Tongan: mununga. Kikuyu (mu): Gaa.
