The hard seed is crushed and used for oil. The large, gourdlike, woody fruit contrains a tasty mucilaginous pulp. A strong fibre from the bark is used locally for rope and cloth. The trunks are often excavated to serve as water reserves or temporary shelters. It's hard to see but the women on the right is getting firewood for her family.
Most women have to walk for many miles to get their firewood.
Slowly but surely the land is being cleared of its trees.