What is the size of a Boab nut?

Factual Questions
1

I find pictures of carvings on them and mentions of eating them. I however can’t find out what size they are.

What size are the nuts in the shell?

What do they taste like if you tried them?

2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baobab

The page says the fruits are 18cm long.

3

I bought a pile of baob fruit once, but it was too hard for me to open!

4

Here’s a couple of images for any one who’s interested.

Size.

Cut open.

5

I have eaten boab (adansonia gregorii) seed pulp. The seed is a bit bigger than a closed fist. Picked up of the ground under the tree you can hear the dry pithy centre rattle around when shaken.

The pithy centre tastes like a bland, acidic, papery mass of foam. A bit like a flavourless conglomerate of sherbet, from memory. However it is not unpleasant. Apparently it is a good source of vitamin C.

6

Now we know why it’s not a big export.

Thanks for the answers everyone.