Marula (Sclerocarya birrea)

Family: Anacardiaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Edible portion: Kernels, Fruit, Nuts, Vegetable, Leaves, Seed. There are 4 Sclerocarya species. The fruit are rich in Vitamin C.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweetly acid but pleasant taste. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; The fully ripe fruits have a mucilaginous texture with a sweetly acid but pleasant taste.; It is variously described as tasting like a mango, like a guava or as not being tasty at all.; Often eaten as a snack, travellers out in the bush find them satisfying to suck for their thirst-quenching effects.

Habitat & North American Range

Drier savannah of the Sahel. Wooded grasslands, riverine woodlands and bushlands. Mixed deciduous woodland and wooded grassland, often on rocky hills, from sea level to 1,200 metres. (Zone 10)