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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 is a perennial tree with a shrubby, rounded habit, [8] growing to a height of 6–12 m (20–39 ft) in all but the most exceptional cases where it may reach 15 m (49 ft) high. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Caudiciform or "bottle shaped", [ 11 ] the trunk is bloated at the base and habitually forked , [ 9 ] with a diameter up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in).
Moringa may refer to: Moringa, a genus of plants; Moringa oleifera, or just moringa, a plant species native to the Indian subcontinent;
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 ...
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.
Acrogymnospermae; Scientific name Common name Family FIA Code (US) Conservation status Conifers; Araucariaceae: monkey-puzzle family; Agathis: kauri ; Agathis australis: kauri; New Zealand kauri
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.