The Marula tree (Sclerocarya birrea) has grown across sub-Saharan Africa for thousands of years. Its fruit — small, plum-like, and intensely fragrant, has been used by local communities for food, medicine, and skincare for generations. The Tsonga people of southern Africa have long applied Marula oil to protect skin from the harsh sun and dry winds of the savanna.

Each Marula tree produces fruit for only a few weeks each year. The nuts inside the fruit are harvested, dried, and then cold pressed to extract the oil, a labour-intensive process that requires significant human skill. This is part of what makes authentic cold pressed Marula oil rare and precious.

At Tasai Essential, we source only the finest African Marula nuts and cold press them to yield a pure, unrefined oil that retains its full spectrum of fatty acids and antioxidants. No heat. No hexane. No compromise.

The oil you receive is as close to the source as possible, the same oil that has nourished African skin for centuries, now available worldwide.