Taxon:
Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst. subsp. caffra (Sond.) Kokwaro
Summary
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 34:756. 1980
Verified:
11/23/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Borlaug, N. et al., eds. 2008. Fruits: Marula. Lost crops of Africa. 3:117.
- Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
- Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press. Note: = Sclerocarya caffra Sond.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Sclerocarya+birrea+subsp.+caffra&quantity=1
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
- Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
- Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). URL: http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_66.html
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
English
maroola-plum – Africa (South)
marula – Swedish
marula –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | shade/shelter | | Borlaug, N. et al., eds. 2008. Fruits: Marula. Lost crops of Africa. 3:117. |
Human food | beverage base | fide HandbNuts; Lost Crops Afr 3:118-119. 2008 | Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press. Note: = Sclerocarya caffra Sond. |
Human food | fruit | fide HandbNuts; Lost Crops Afr 3:118-119. 2008 | Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press. Note: = Sclerocarya caffra Sond. |
Human food | oil/fat | | Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press. Note: = Sclerocarya caffra Sond. |
Human food | seeds | fide HandbNuts; Lost Crops Afr 3:118-119. 2008 | Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press. Note: = Sclerocarya caffra Sond. |
Materials | beads | | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). URL: http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_66.html |
Materials | wood | | Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press. Note: = Sclerocarya caffra Sond. |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |