Mamaburra Soap

Mamaburra (Wild Peach) trees are plentiful on Groote Eylandt, and provide us with fruit for eating, as well as a bark known to our ancestors for its calming properties.

Mamaburra trees are plentiful on Groote Eylandt but it’s not just their fruit that can be used to nourish and enrich.

The leaves, bark and seeds of the Mamaburra are all valuable elements in bush formulas, which is why we use the extract in our Mamaburra Soap. We combine it with Australian Kaolin Clay, locally sourced ochre and an infusion of organic peppermint oil and coconut oil base soap for a refreshing and invigorating scent.

Ingredients 

Coconut Oil, Safflower Oil, Glycerine (kosher, of vegetable origin), Purified Water, Sodium Hydroxide (saponifying agent), Terminalia carpentariae (Wild Peach Tree) Extract, Sodium Stearate, Sodium Myristate, Sorbitol, Propylene Glycol (made from vegetable glycerine), Sorbitan Oleate (emulsifier), Oat Protein, Peppermint Oil Certified Organic ACO/USDA

Learn more about the botanicals

Mamaburra trees grow in the bush, and are loved for their fruit, and their usefulness in soothing the skin. These trees grow abundantly on Groote Eylandt, and in addition to their use in traditional recipes our elders used the inner bark to repair cracks and holes in their canoes. The rich red colour of the bark gives many of our products their ruddy colour, reflecting the palette of our land. The dried bark is also used as an exfoliant in our scrubs.