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Taxon:  Moringa oleifera Lam.



Summary
Genus:
Moringa
Family:
Moringaceae
Nomen number:
24597
Place of publication:
Encycl. 1:398. 1785
Verified:
10/27/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Guilandina moringa L.
Moringa moringa (L.) Millsp., nom. inval.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
  3. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1962. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 1948-1976 6:426-429.
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  5. Duke, J. A. Handbook of Nuts. CRC Press. 1989
  6. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  7. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. 2000
  8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Moringa+oleifera&quantity=1
  9. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  10. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  11. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976 Note: = M. pterygosperma Gaertn.
  12. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  13. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  14. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
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  16. Rashid, U. et al. 2008. Moringa oleifera oil: a possible source of biodiesel. Bioresource Technol. 99:8175-8179. Note: re. potential use as fuel substitute
  17. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  18. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:213-215. http://proseanet.org
  19. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948-
  20. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- Note: cult.
  21. Verdcourt, B. 1985. A synopsis of the Moringaceae. Kew Bull. 40:7-12.
  22. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
ben-oil-tree –
benzolive-tree –
drumsticktree –
horseradish-tree –
moringa –
West Indian ben –
French
ben ailée –
moringa ailée –
mouroungue –
néverdié –
pois quénique –
German
Meerrettichbaum –
India (Tamil)
murungai –
Indonesian (Timor)
marunga –
Malay
meringgai –
Portuguese
moringueiro –
muringueiro –
Portuguese (Brazil)
quiabo-da-quina –
Spanish
maranga –
paraíso –
paraíso blanco –
Swahili
mlonge –
mronge –
mzunze –
Swedish
pepparrotsträd –
Thai
marum –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan perhaps only cult.
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.), Pakistan (perhaps only cult.)
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Fuels
potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol (fide Rashid, U. Bioresource Technology 99:8175-8179.) –
Human food
beverage base (fide Pl Res SEAs 8:213. 1993) –
Materials
fiber (for wood pulp and cellulose fide Verdcourt, Kew Bull 40:9. 1985) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; PROTA4U) –


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