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Sclerocarya (Marula)
Sclerocarya birrea
About Sclerocarya (Marula)
Sclerocarya (Marula) (Sclerocarya birrea) is a herb used in the African Traditional Medicine and East African Traditional Medicine traditions to help with Skin Health, Liver Support, Wound Healing, and Diarrhea, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Sclerocarya birrea, commonly known as the marula, (Ancient Greek σκληρός, sklērós, "hard", and κάρυον, káryon, "nut", in reference to the stone inside the fleshy fruit) is a medium-sized dioecious tree, indigenous to the miombo woodlands of Southern Africa, the Sudano-Sahelian range of West Africa, and Madagascar.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both