Moringa oleifera Lam.
MORINGACEAE
- Horse-radish tree family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Moringa oleifera Lam.
Nomencl. ref.: Encyclop?die M?thodique, Botanique 1 1783
Rank: species
Images of Moringa oleifera
Common names
U.S.
name:
Horseradishtree
English name: ben-oil-tree English name: benzolive-tree
Spanish name: paraíso blanco
French name: pois quénique
German name: Meerrettichbaum
Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Moringa moringa (L.) Millsp.
= Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Capparales
Family: Moringaceae
Genus: Moringa
Species:
Page counter: 2571 ( AVG: 221.81 / 290.705 )
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Moringa oleifera
Habit at State nursery Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Beans at Community Garden Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Leaves at Community garden Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Leaves and flowers at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Leaves and flowers at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Flowers leaves and fruit with Laysan albatross chick at Halsey Dr around residences Sand Island, Mid... - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Seedpods at Community garden Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Fruiting habit at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Seedpods at Community garden Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Leaves and flowers at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Pod view Haleakala at Dairy Rd Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Seedpods at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Flowers leaves and fruit at Halsey Dr around residences Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Habit at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Habit with Laysan albatross at Community garden Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Habit with Laysan albatross at Community garden Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Pods and seeds on ground at Dairy Rd Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Flowers at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Leaves at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Moringa oleifera
Habit at Kaunakakai, Molokai - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (Florida), USA+ (PR, VI)
Map for Moringa oleifera Lam.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. [153]
2) Morocarpus foliosus Moench [140]
3) Morongia angustata (Torr. & A. Gray) Britton [136]
4) Morongia microphylla (Dryand.) Britton [141]
5) Morongia uncinata (Willd.) Britton [90]
6) Mortonia utahensis (Coville ex A. Gray) A. Nelson [415]
7) Morus confinis Greene [135]
8) Morus radulina Greene [133]
9) Mozinna cardiophylla Torr. [150]
10) Muehlenbeckia platyclada (F. Muell.) Lindau [244]
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