Moringa oleifera

Moringa oleifera

Moringa oleifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brassicales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Moringaceae
Genus: Moringa
Species: Moringa oleifera

Name

Moringa oleifera Lam., 1785

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Guilandina moringa L. in Sp. Pl.: 381 (1753)
  • Anoma moringa (L.) Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 279 (1790)
  • Hyperanthera moringa (L.) Vahl in Symb. Bot. 1: 30 (1790)
  • Hyperanthera pterygosperma Oken in Allg. Naturgesch. 3(3): 1727 (1841), nom. superfl.
  • Moringa moringa (L.) Millsp. in Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 490 (1902), not validly publ.
  • Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 314 (1791), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Hyperanthera decandra Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 535 (1799)
  • Moringa amara Durin in Rev. Gén. Bot. 25: 469 (1913)
  • Moringa domestica Buch.-Ham. in Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 5: 371 (1826)
  • Moringa edulis Medik. in Theodora: 48 (1786)
  • Moringa erecta Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 326 (1796)
  • Moringa nux-eben Desf. in Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 303 (1829)
  • Moringa octogona Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 466 (1812)
  • Moringa parvifolia Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 20 (1790), nom. nud.
  • Moringa polygona DC. in Prodr. 2: 478 (1825)
  • Moringa robusta Bojer in Hortus Maurit.: 117 (1837)
  • Moringa sylvestris Buch.-Ham. in Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 5: 373 (1826)
  • Moringa zeylanica Pers. in Syn. Pl. 1: 461 (1805)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Asia-temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent India, Pakistan Introduced into: Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Arizona, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1783–1785. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 1. XLIV+752 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. : 1:398.

Additional references

• Kress, W.J.E., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E.R. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. 2003. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma"). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1–590. Smithsonian Institution. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Moringa oleifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 April 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Moringa oleifera. Published online. Accessed: April 07 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Moringa oleifera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 April 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Moringa oleifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 April 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Moringa oleifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

eʋegbe: yovoviti
English: Horse-radish tree
español: Arbol de las perlas, Arbol do los aspáragos, Jasmin francés
suomi: Ceyloninmoringa

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