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Moringa oleifera Lam.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Lam. (1785). In: Encycl. 1: 398.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Brassicales
family
Moringaceae
genus
Moringa
species
Moringa oleifera

Name

Synonyms
Anoma moringa (L.) Lour.
Guilandia moringa L.
Guilandina moringa L.
Hyperanthera decandra Willd.
Hyperanthera moringa (L.) Vahl
Hyperanthera pterygosperma (Gaertn.) Oken
Moringa amara Durin
Moringa domestica Buch.-Ham.
Moringa edulis Medik.
Moringa eracta Salisb.
Moringa erecta Salisb.
Moringa moringa (L.) Millsp.
Moringa moringa (L.) Small
Moringa nux-eben Desf.
Moringa octogona Stokes
Moringa parvifolia Noronha
Moringa polygona DC.
Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn.
Moringa robusta Bojer
Moringa sylvestris Buch.-Ham.
Homonyms
Moringa oleifera Lam.
Moringa oleifera Exell & Mendonça
Common names
Ben oil tree in English
Benboom in language.
Benzoil tree in English
Brenoli in language.
Brède médaille in French
Bènbòm in English
Chùm ngây in Vietnamese
Drumstick Tree in English
Horse-Radish Tree in English
Horseradish tree in English
Horseradishtree in language.
Horseradishtree in language.
Horseradishtree in English
Kelor in Indonesian
Libertat in language.
Malunggay in Tagalog
Malungkai in language.
Marango in Spanish
Marengo in language.
Meerrettichbaum in language.
Meerrettichbaum in German
Meerrettichbaum in language.
Merengue in language.
Miracle Tree in English
Moringa in Spanish
Moringa Tree in English
Moringa de la India in Spanish
Moringo in English
Moringue in language.
Morongue in French
Morongue à huile in French
Morongue à huile, Brède fin de mois, Brède médaille, Brède morongue, Mouroungue in French
Morongue à huile, Morongue in French
Mrongo in Swahili
Mvunge in language.
Mvunge in language.
Néverdier in French
Orenga in language.
Orseli in language.
Orselli in English
Pferderettichbaum in language.
Pferderettichbaum in language.
Salaster in language.
Sohanjna in Punjabi
West Indian ben in English
West Indian ben in English
Yerba di Cancer in language.
acácia-branca in Portuguese
acácia-branca in Portuguese
arbol-de-las-pedras in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Piedrahita Idárraga, A., Urrea, L. M., Roldán Palacio, F. J., & Cardona Naranjo, F. A. (2016). Flora del Magdalena Medio áreas de influencia de la central térmica Termocentro. Medellín, Colombia: ISAGEN – Universidad de Antioquia, Herbario Universidad de Antioquia
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