Sclerocarya birrea (bark)
Southern African marula tree bark (distinct from the fruit/oil) used in Zulu, Venda, and Tswana medicine for malaria, dysentery, and diarrhea. Contains procyanidins and gallotannins. Bark decoction is astringent and antimicrobial. Important ethnoveterinary medicine.
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Iron supplements (tannins).
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Astringent. GI upset from tannins.
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