Ke ulu nei ʻo Baobab ma nā kauhale he nui ma ʻApelika a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka "lāʻau o ke ola". He manaʻo hohonu ko ka ʻuhane no nā kaiāulu a puni. Ua like ka lōʻihi o ka moʻolelo o ka baobaba me ka mōʻaukala o ke kanaka, no laila ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha ʻo ka unuhi maoli ʻana o ka baobaba ʻo ia ka "manawa i hānau ʻia ai ke kanaka." ʻO nā hana ʻuhane, nā ʻaha kauhale, ke ola ʻana mai ka lā wela - e hana ʻia kēia mau mea ma lalo o ka lei aliʻi nui o kahi kumulāʻau makahiki. Hoʻohanohano nui ʻia nā Baobabs i hāʻawi pinepine ʻia i nā inoa kanaka a hāʻawi ʻia i ka inoa, ʻo ia hoʻi. Manaʻo ʻia ua neʻe nā ʻuhane o nā kūpuna i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka Baobab a hoʻopiha i nā lau, nā hua a me nā hua o ka lāʻau me ka meaʻai. Ua hoʻohana mau ʻia ka hua Baobab i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū, ke kuni a me ka maʻi malaria. Manaʻo nui ʻia ma nā kauhale he mea hōʻeha ka hua baobab a kōkua pū i ka maʻi arthritis. Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi UN i hui pū ʻia nā hua me ka wai. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka hua Baobab me ka wai ma ke ʻano he pani waiu. Ua hāʻawi mai nā haʻawina ʻepekema hou i ka ʻike hohonu i ka waiwai o ka meaʻai o ka hua, ʻo ia hoʻi: 1) Ka nui o nā antioxidantsʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā hua goji a i ʻole acai.
2) Kupaianaha kumu o ka potassium, ka huaʻa C, ka huaʻa B6, ka magnesium a me ka calcium.
3) ʻO ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana pale. Hoʻokahi kīʻaha o ka pauka Baobab (2 punetēpē) loaʻa ka 25% o ka ʻae ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā no ka Vitamin C.
4) He hale kūʻai fiber. ʻO ka hua baobab ʻaneʻane ka hapalua o ka fiber, 50% o ia mea hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe. Hāʻawi ia mau fiber i ke olakino o ka naʻau, e hoʻemi i ka hiki ke kū i ka insulin.
5) Prebiotics. ʻAʻole ia he mea huna ʻo ka ʻōpū olakino ke kī i ke olakino maikaʻi o ke kino holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "probiotic" i kamaʻāina i nā mea he nui, akā ʻaʻole i emi iki ka prebiotics, e hoʻoikaika i ka ulu ʻana o ka microflora symbiotic (aloha iā mākou). ʻO 2 punetēpē o ka pauka Baobab he 24% o ka fiber meaʻai i ʻōlelo ʻia.