Of course, other countries in the world are also developing, but the speed is fast and slow. If we want to say where the poorest place in the world is so far, Africa may come to mind first.
As we all know, Africa is a rich but poor and backward land. Of course, there are many natural factors and some historical reasons. Due to the special climate and war, Africa's development is always relatively slow. In our country, hunger has long been far away from us, but in Africa, there are still many people who can't eat or drink water and are in a state of extreme poverty, and there are not a few such people.
Some people may think that Africa is fertile and rich in natural resources, and we envy the mineral resources such as gold and diamonds stored there. At this time, some people think that since Africa is so rich in products, it is also because they are not diligent enough.
Let's talk about food cultivation. Africa is obviously fertile, with a large area of land suitable for growing food. These lands are even more suitable for farming than those of some large agricultural countries, but they have not done so, so people think that Africans are lazy and do not make progress.
Of course, this is also one aspect. In fact, there is another reason why they don't want to grow food, that is, nature's love for them has given them a separate gift.
Africans have enough food to meet their own needs even if they don't grow food, and these foods are unique to Africa and can't be found anywhere else. We are talking about "bread tree" and "sausage tree". These two kinds of trees are very popular in Africa and are the main sources to meet their food needs, and they are widely distributed and well supplied. If it is for others, it is estimated that they are not willing to farm.
Let's start with the bread tree. Bread trees mostly grow in tropical areas, especially in Africa. Adult bread trees are generally very tall, and can even grow to about 20 meters, with a long growth cycle. What is even more surprising is that the bread tree is full of treasures. The leaves of bread tree are rich in nutrition, which can meet the needs of human body, especially vitamins and calcium. So Africans often eat the leaves of bread trees as vegetables, or fry them, or make soup, which is very delicious.
As for the fruit of the bread tree, so much the better. It looks like bread and tastes like bread, hence its name. Locals will pick it and bake it, which is rich in starch and can be eaten as a staple food. As for the bread tree itself, it can also be used to store water. Whenever the rainy season comes, each bread tree can store thousands of kilograms of water. When the dry season comes, people directly drink the water stored in bread trees.
After the bread tree blooms and bears fruit, many monkeys always climb up to get the fruit first. Because of this, people call it "baobab tree". With this tree, African people's demand for food has been greatly satisfied. However, nature's gift to Africa is not limited to this, and there are also equally popular sausage trees.
As the name implies, the sausage tree is a fruit similar to sausage. However, the taste of Toona sinensis fruit is much worse than the sausage we eat. It also contains a lot of starch, which is also an important source of staple food. Africans are hungry and even get up to pick fruits to eat. If you can't finish it, the fruit can also be used to make wine with unique flavor.
It is worth mentioning that when the fruit of vanilla tree is ripe, it tastes strange. That's because it needs to smell like a mouse to attract bats to pollinate it, so foreigners generally can't stand that smell. But Africans like it very much and still regard it as a treasure.