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Health & HealingWWW.MSINGIAFRIKAMAGAZINE.COM | we tell the true afrikan story 18Health and HealingThe Mwariki tree, Ricinus communis, is known in English as the Castor oil tree and is said to be native to Africa and India. It grows to about 10 to 15 feet and is seen in many rural homesteads all over Kenya as it grows wildly and is literally impossible to eradicate from a homestead. Traditionally it was used by the Gikuyu women to produce oil, Maguta ma Mbar%u012bki, an oil that they treasured as a skin conditioner and for many other healing purposes. The seeds from which the oil is extracted are called Mbariki Castor Oil: Maguta ma MbarikiWritten by: MUKUYU