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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
Horseradish tree in English
Horseradishtree in English
Horseradishtree in language.
Meerrettichbaum in language.
Meerrettichbaum in German
Moringa in Spanish
Morongue à huile, Brède fin de mois, Brède médaille, Brède morongue, Mouroungue in French
Morongue à huile, Morongue in French
Mvunge in language.
Mvunge in language.
Pferderettichbaum in language.
West Indian ben in English
acácia-branca in Portuguese
arbol-de-las-pedras in Spanish
ben in Spanish
ben ailée in French
ben-oil-tree in English
ben-oléifere in French
ben-tree in English
benzolive-tree in English
drumstick-tree in English
drumsticktree in English
horseradish tree in English
horseradish-tree in English
horseradish-tree in English
horseradishtree in English
maranga in Spanish
marum in Thai
marunga in language.
meringgai in Malay
mlonge in Swahili
moringa in Portuguese
moringa in English
moringa ailée in French
moringueiro in Portuguese
moringueiro in Portuguese
mouroungue in French
mronge in Swahili
muringueiro in Portuguese
murungai in language.
mzunze in Swahili
néverdié in French
paraíso in Spanish
paraíso blanco in Spanish
pepparrotsträd in Swedish
pois quénique in French
quiabo-da-quina in language.
quiabo-de-quina in Portuguese
árvore-rabanete-de-cavalo in Portuguese
Drumstick Tree in English

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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