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Moringa oleifera is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree of the family Moringaceae, native to Northern India and used extensively in South and Southeast Asia. [2] Common names include moringa , [ 3 ] drumstick tree [ 3 ] (from the long, slender, triangular seed-pods), horseradish tree [ 3 ] (from the taste of the roots, which resembles ...
Moringa contains three widely recognized clades—Donaldsonia, Moringa, and Dysmoringa. [15] Donaldsonia, once thought to be a subgenus of Moringa, is a non-monophyletic clade identifiable by radially symmetric flowers and containing the bottle trees M. drouhardii, M. hildebrandtii, M. ovalifolia, and M. stenopetala. [8]
Moringa stenopetala, commonly known as the African Moringa or cabbage tree, is a deciduous tree in the plant genus Moringa, native to Kenya and Ethiopia. [3] A drought-resistant species, it is characterized by its bottle-shaped trunk, long twisted seed pods, and edible leaves likened to cabbage, from which its common name is derived.
Moringa, a genus of plants Moringa oleifera , or just moringa, a plant species native to the Indian subcontinent Moringa stenopetala , a species in that genus commonly known as the African moringa
Moringa peregrina is a species of flowering plant in the family Moringaceae that is native to the Horn of Africa, Sudan, Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, and as far north as Syria. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It grows on rocky wadis and on cliffs in drier areas.
Moringa ovalifolia is a succulent flowering tree of the family Moringaceae [1] native to Namibia and southwestern Angola. [ 2 ] It is a succulent-stemmed tree found in desert and semi-desert areas.
Moringa drouhardii, the bottle tree, is an endemic species of southwest Madagascar. It occurs in the Madagascar spiny thickets ecoregion, especially at the limestone cliffs to the east of Lake Tsimanampetsotsa, on the Mahafaly Plateau. [1] The species is often planted in local villages and around traditional tombs.
Moringa hildebrandtii, or Hildebrandt's moringa, is a tree species with a massive, water-storing trunk in the family Moringaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar , where it is extinct in the wild, but preserved by indigenous horticulture practices.