- Family : MORINGACEAE
(Moringa Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SONJNA FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Moringaceae
- Synonym(s) : Guilandina moringa L.; Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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
- Key identification features : Trunk grey-white with longitudinal wrinkles. Leaves polypinnate. Flowers pale white, fragrant. Pod long, pendulous
- 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
- Delhi : Delhi
- Haryana : Gurgaon district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Port Blair taluk
- Native : India, Pakistan
- Exotic/Native : Native
- 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.
- Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 106
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 142
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Moringa oleifera. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.
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