Sclerocarya birrea commonly known as marula, is a medium-sized deciduous fruit-bearing tree, indigenous to the miombo woodlands of Southern Africa, the Sudano-Sahelian range of West Africa, the savanna woodlands of East Africa and Madagascar.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Marula being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Kirkia acuminata
- Schinziophyton rautanenii
- Burkea africana
- Boswellia serrata
- Lannea discolor
- Cordyla pinnata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Sclerocarya
- Species
- Sclerocarya birrea
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