Zambian miombo forest honey
Brachystegia, Julbernardia, Isoberlinia spp.
Forest honey from the dry miombo woodlands, where nectar comes mainly from Brachystegia, Julbernardia and Isoberlinia trees. Beekeepers harvest it from traditional bark hives.
- Origin
- Zambia (North-Western Province, Mwinilunga)
- Colour
- 85 mm · light amber
- Taste
- full, rich, smoky
- Crystallization
- medium
- Plant
- Brachystegia, Julbernardia, Isoberlinia spp. · Brachystegia (miombo) →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Honey has been bought for export in Mwinilunga since 1996; it has been certified organic since 2004 and comes from thousands of village beekeepers.
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