ABSTRACT
This chapter provides information, such as uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors of Saba Nut. Young leaves and flowers are also used as a vegetable. The seeds contain 50 to 58% oil, with an aroma suggesting licorice or fenugreek. T. J. C. Uphof suggests that seeds of large fruited types are used as cacao substitutes. Choco witch doctors are said to use the seeds as a narcotic. Bark yields a yellow dye used to tint sails, fishing nets, and lines. Saba nut is a folk remedy for eye ailments and inflammations. Guatemalans use the bark and immature fruits for liver afflictions. Bark, which has demonstrated antibiotic activity, is used for diabetes in Panama. With more than 50% oil, seeds might be viewed as an oilseed candidate for fresh-water and slightly brackish swamps in the tropical moist to wet forest life zones.
