| Scientific Name | Sclerocarya birrea (A.Rich.) Hochst. subsp. caffra (Sond.) Kokwaro | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | ANACARDIACEAE | Synonyms | Commiphora subglauca Engl., Sclerocarya birrea in sense of Van der Veken, not of (A.Rich.) Hochst. (misapplied name), Sclerocarya caffra Sond., Sclerocarya schweinfurthiana Schinz | Common Names | Cider Tree (e), Maeroola (a), Maroela (a), Maroelaboom (a), Maroola (e), Marula (e), Moroelaboom (a), Morula (ns), Morula (tw), Mufula (v), Nkanyi (ts), Umganu (z) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2008/01/15 | Assessor(s) | V.L. Williams, D. Raimondo, N.R. Crouch, A.B. Cunningham, C.R. Scott-Shaw, M. Lötter, A.M. Ngwenya & C. Helm |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial |
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Citation/Red List version | | Sclerocarya birrea (A.Rich.) Hochst. subsp. caffra (Sond.) Kokwaro | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Shone, A.K. 1979. Notes on the marula. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry Bulletin 58:1-89. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Pretoria.
Twine, W. 2004. Medicinal bark harvesting and yields in woodlands: a case study from southern Maputaland. In: M.J. Lawes, H.A.C. Eeley, C.M. Shackleton and B.G.S. Geach (eds.), Indigenous Forests and Woodlands in South Africa: Policy, People and Practice (pp. 533-537), University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation | | Williams, V.L., Raimondo, D., Crouch, N.R., Cunningham, A.B., Scott-Shaw, C.R., Lötter, M., Ngwenya, A.M. & Helm, C. 2008. Sclerocarya birrea (A.Rich.) Hochst. subsp. caffra (Sond.) Kokwaro. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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