• Family : MORINGACEAE
  (Moringa Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SONJNA FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MORINGACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Moringa oleifera Lam.
• Common name : Drumstick Tree, Horse Raddish Tree, Ben Oil Tree, Coatli, Oil of ben tree
• Vernacular name : Sojna, Sainjna (Hindi); Munaga, Mulaga, Tella munaga (Telugu); Chhui gaccho, Munagha, Sajana, Chhai (Oria); Shevga (Marathi); Nugge mara (Kannada); Muringa, Moringa, Sigru (Malayalam); Moringa, Murungai (Tamil)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Cultivated
• Comments / notes : Fruits and leaves are used as vegetables. Wood is used as floater
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vizianagaram district, Krishna district, Prakasam district
  • Telangana : Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
• World Distribution : Tropical Countries
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Pullaiah, T & Chennaiah, E., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Moringa oleifera. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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