Collection: Secrets of the Casamance (Senegal)
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The fromager in French or ceiba in Spanish is a leafy and spectacular tree that may reach 60 metres high. Its trunk is smooth, and can be easily recognised by its enormous buttresses overhanging winding from its base, like this one in Mlomp. With its wood people manufacture Cayucos, impluvium doors and kitchen utensils. It is considered a holy tree and we can find it in the centre of many villages, where it is the host of many parties and popular ceremonies. As well, from its fruits, an oil to manufacture soap is extracted. It is usual to find big fromagers in the centre and surroundings of villages, being the biggest the one from Abene.
Photograph taken at Mlomp square
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