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\hypersetup{pdftitle={African Baobab Trees (\textit{Adansonia Digitata} L.) Recorded in Uganda},pdfauthor={Jens Gebauer, Cory Whitney, John Tabuti},pdfsubject={Tropentag 2016: Abstract},pdfkeywords={Adansonia digitata, Baobab, East Africa, Fruit tree, Malvaceae, Uganda},pdfpagemode=None,colorlinks=true}
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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria}}\\[1ex] \Large{``Solidarity in a competing world ---\\fair use of resources''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{African Baobab Trees (\textit{Adansonia Digitata} L.) Recorded in Uganda\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Jens Gebauer, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Fac. of Life Sciences, Marie-Curie-Str. 1, D-47533~Kleve, Germany, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{jens.gebauer@hochschule-rhein-waal.de}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{Jens Gebauer$^{1}$, Cory Whitney$^{2}$, John Tabuti$^{3}$}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{1}$Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Fac. of Life Sciences, Germany}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{2}$University of Kassel, Fac. of Organic Agricultural Sciences, Germany}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{3}$Makerere University, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, }}}
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The baobab (\textit{Adansonia digitata} L.) is a key tree species of economic and cultural importance in many African countries. International interest in the species has intensified in recent years, following the acceptance of baobab fruit pulp as a food ingredient by the European Union and the US Food and Drug Administration. The tree is widely known to be absent in Uganda despite its wide distribution in most neighbouring East African countries. Not only is the baobab regarded as absent in natural habitats, it is also not known to be cultivated on farmland or in homegardens in Uganda. 



Research trips to the Central, Western, Eastern and Northern Regions of Uganda were conducted in 2015 and 2016 within the collaborative research project ``Reduction of Post-Harvest Losses and Value Addition in East African Food Value Chains'' (RELOAD). Assessment of cultivated plant species was made through homegarden and field visits and through interviews with farmers. The objective was to study plant species diversity and its importance for conservation, and for regional livelihoods and nutrition.



As a result of our expeditions, four vigorous baobab trees were identified in the Eastern Region of Uganda aged between nine and 22 years, and one was found in the Central region with an unknown age. Two baobab trees were located in a courtyard to the northeast of Soroti town in the Soroti District, two were recorded in a traditional homegarden southwest of Busembatia town in the Iganga District, and one baobab was found in an urban garden in Kampala. Planting materials for the Eastern region baobabs originated in Sudan and Kenya.



To our knowledge, these are the first scientific records of the African baobab in Uganda and some research questions can be formulated based on this discovery:



How will these baobab trees perform in the future? 



When will they start to flower and fruit?



What fruit quality can be expected and will local people accept it as food? 



Will this tree species become a common plant of homegardens in the Eastern Region of Uganda? 



Are there more unknown baobabs in homegardens, on farm"=land and/or in the wild of Uganda? }

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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} \textit{Adansonia digitata}, Baobab, East Africa, Fruit tree, Malvaceae, Uganda
\index[key]{Adansonia digitata@\textit{Adansonia digitata}}
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\index[key]{East Africa}
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