A detailed description of the plant was proposed around 1750 by Michel Adanson, a French botanist who spent several years in Senegal, and took samples to Paris. Adansonia digitata is the scientific name proposed by Carl Von LINNE and Bernard de Jussieu. It is a secular tree belonging to the Bombacaceae family, imposing by its size, it is the most massive of all known woody species, unlike other species of the genus Adansonia endemic to Madagascar or Australia (Adansonia grandidieri Baill., Adansonia madagascarensis Baill, Adansonia suarezensis H. Perrier and Adansonia Baill, etc.). It is mainly present in the sub-humid and semi.
The sumbala or African mustard, produced by traditional methods of fermentation of some protein and/or oleaginous seeds, is a food condiment used in West Africa. The variability of its organoleptic characteristics led to diversity of product and and makes its more complex for characterisation. Several studies have provided information on the process of this condiment production, it’s an important source of nutritional values as well as its nature and microflora properties. Organoleptic characteristics of this condiment wera also reported. Though this study, current knowledge about the product and the process of production as well as technology and responsible bacteria involved in this type of fermentation have been discussed.
