Kambuli,
That's a close-up of the plant...that's why the fruit looks so big in the picture. I had no idea the Qasil was from the Gob leaves...Maasha'Allah!!! Markuu gobku aad u bislaado, people used to boil it in water until it reduces to almost pulp and the juice thickens. They would then cool it down and eat/drink it or pop it in it the freezer to make it a refreshing treat called maraabadoon. As for the Booc, I am not sure of its other uses but my mother would apply it on burooyin aan lahaa markaan yaraa.
Cinque, the dacar grows in the wild everywhere, even in the dry and barren jabuuti...I think it's related to the Aloe Vera which can be found as an ingredient in everything, from hand lotions and facial creams to shampoos and even bottled drinks
Gats, xabagta I think waxa lagu tilmaama different types of resin...fooxa iyo malmashu waa iska noc min xabag laakin taad u jeeda waa ti cadayd malaha, malmashu it's a little darker and I distinctly remember using it for making ink (I was the head inkmaker in my malcaamad class, I mastered the art of using a piece of charcoal, a little bit of water, a block of concrete to use as a grater and just the right amount of malmal)...Now that I think of it, malmal was also used on a skin condition called "is nidaamis" that I contracted once where the skin fell off the palm of my hands...It did help quite a bit.
Grant, The prickly pear was some type of cactus and it was called Tiin in somali, probably borrowed from the arabic name of the fig tree...incidently, there's another cactus called indian fig tree that resembles the prickly pear so there's the confusion perhaps, or the fact that its fruit resembles the figs
