Scientific Name : Moringa oleifera Lam.
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : A small, soft wood tree. Leaves : Usually tripinnate, petiole thickened at the base, pinnae and pinnules opposite, deciduous with a gland at the base. Inflorescence : Large Panicles. Flowers : White.Calyx cup-like, reflexed. Petals 5, spathulate, veined, unequal. Stamens 5, fertile, alternating with 5-7 staminodes, filaments hairy at the base. Ovary stalked, hairy, oblong, style cylindrical. Fruit : Capsules elongate, 9-ribbed slightly twisted. Seeds winged, 3-angled. Flowering and Fruiting Time : September - December Significance : Cultivated everywhere for its edible fruits used as vegetable and roots as horse-radish. From the seeds, oil of "Ben" used by watchmakers is produced. The decoction of root bark is used as a fomentation to relieve pain of spasm. The rot and bark are used to produce abortion.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
शेवगा, Horse-radish Tree
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Synonym(s):
Moringa moringa (L.) Millsp. Hyperanthera pterygosperma Oken Hyperanthera moringa (L.) Vahl Anoma moringa (L.) Lour. Guilandina moringa L.
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Family:
Moringaceae
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