Saba senegalensis, known as weda in the Moore, French, and English languages and ‘’madd’’ in Wolof and ‘’laare’’ in Pulaar, is a fruit-producing plant of the Apocynaceae[1] family, native to the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa.

The tree grows predominantly on riverbanks and in woodlands in The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Somalia, Mali and Ivory Coast.

ICRISAT has cited S. senegalensis as a useful food crop plant and as a tool to combat soil degradation in rural Africa.

[3] The fruit of Saba senegalensis has a hard yellow peel containing large seeds embedded in a yellowish pulp, having a pleasing acidity similar to that of the tamarind.

If you live in a colder zone, you may have success growing it in a pot and bringing it indoors for winter.