Sclerocarya birrea

Marula
S. birrea with and without foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Sclerocarya
Species:
S. birrea
Binomial name
Sclerocarya birrea
Subspecies
  • Sclerocarya birrea subsp. afra (Sond.) Kokwaro
  • Sclerocarya birrea subsp. birrea
  • Sclerocarya birrea subsp. multifoliolata (Engl.) Kokwaro
Synonyms
  • Spondias birrea A. Rich.
  • Poupartia birrea (A. Rich.) Aubrév.

Sclerocarya birrea (Ancient Greek: σκληρός sklērós, meaning "hard", and κάρυον káryon, "nut", in reference to the stone inside the fleshy fruit), commonly known as the 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.