We have a Marula tree on our ECHO NARIC farm and we are looking to learn more about Marula, scientific name Sclerocarya birrea. Does anyone have experience with Marula or any information they could share?
Below is a link to a resource that is already posted on ECHO community along with some photos from the farm.
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Hi Kristina! What a fun, underutilized species! @Erwin_Kinsey mentioned it in “Food from the Wild.” Erwin do you have any recommendations from yourself or others?
Stacy
All that I know is that it seems to be very difficult to grow from seed. We bought 1 kg of seed here in TZ, and out of the several hundred seeds we were only able to grow about 2-3. We tried soaking in warm water for 2-5 days, soaking in vinegar, nicking, but with only very limited success…
Hello. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the hilarious film “Animals are beautiful people” by the “Gods must be crazy” producer. In that film animals get drunk on fermented Marula pods. That’s all I know of the tree but it is worth watching for the laughs.