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- noun A medium-sized
dioecious tree, Sclerocarya birrea,indigenous to SouthernAfrica and West Africa.
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WildFoods, which was established in 2007, produces jam and snacks made from an indigenous fruit called marula, chocolate covered marula nut clusters, and dried wild cucumber and melon slices, made from fruits that have yet to be extensively exploited commercially and otherwise often go to rot or are eaten by animals.
NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit 2009
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Marula in Action: In South Africa alone, around 500 tons of marula fruit is commercially processed for juice and 2,000 tons for Amarula Cream every year.
Danielle Nierenberg: The Giving Trees: Five Trees You've Never Heard of that Are Helping to End Hunger Danielle Nierenberg 2011
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Marula in Action: In South Africa alone, around 500 tons of marula fruit is commercially processed for juice and 2,000 tons for Amarula Cream every year.
Danielle Nierenberg: The Giving Trees: Five Trees You've Never Heard of that Are Helping to End Hunger Danielle Nierenberg 2011
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In Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, fruits are often collected and sold by villagers to marula processing facilities.
Danielle Nierenberg: The Giving Trees: Five Trees You've Never Heard of that Are Helping to End Hunger Danielle Nierenberg 2011
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While the tree is not domesticated, the marula tree has been intentionally cultivated in the wild for hundreds of years, and its distribution closely matches human migration patterns.
Danielle Nierenberg: The Giving Trees: Five Trees You've Never Heard of that Are Helping to End Hunger Danielle Nierenberg 2011
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While the tree is not domesticated, the marula tree has been intentionally cultivated in the wild for hundreds of years, and its distribution closely matches human migration patterns.
Danielle Nierenberg: The Giving Trees: Five Trees You've Never Heard of that Are Helping to End Hunger Danielle Nierenberg 2011
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In Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, fruits are often collected and sold by villagers to marula processing facilities.
Danielle Nierenberg: The Giving Trees: Five Trees You've Never Heard of that Are Helping to End Hunger Danielle Nierenberg 2011
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Bleached grass grew tall beneath the marula trees.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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They broke onto the opposite shore and plunged into the marula trees.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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Nicolai rested against the trunk of a marula tree.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
reesetee commented on the word marula
A tree found in tropical and subtropical central and southern Africa, with dark green, glossy foliage and an edible yellow fruit resembling a plum. The fruit, also called marula, is used in making beer and wine.
February 12, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word marula
"Some trees provided fruit: tamarind, marula, raisinier, custard apple."
- "The Great Oasis" by Burkhard Bilger, p 120 of the December 19 & 26, 2011 issue of the New Yorker
January 1, 2012