Moringa oleifera

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Moringa oleifera Lam.

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flowers and leaves
Order Brassicales
Family Moringaceae
Genus Moringa

2n = 28

Origin : south of Himalaya

cultivated

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Popular names

  • English: horseradish tree, drumstick tree, behen tree
  • French: mouroungue, ben ailé, raifort en arbre, néverdié
  • Spanish: moringa, ben, paraíso
  • Portuguese: moringa, moringueiro
  • Italian: moringa
  • Hindi: saṁjhnā (saonjana)
  • Malayalam: moringa, murinna
  • Tamil: murungai
  • Konkani: maxing
  • Swahili:mzunze, mronge, mlonge

Biology

  • parts of the plant

  • leaves

  • flowers

  • green fruits (for the Future)

  • dry fruits

  • seeds with their broad wing

Classification

Moringa oleifera Lam. (1783)

synonyms:

  • Guilandina moringa L. (1753)
  • Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. (1791)

Cultivars

History

Blanco, 1880-1883, Flora de Filipinas

Uses

Food

Fruits

  • Called ‘drumsticks’ or ‘bâtons mouroungue’. Young green fruits used as a vegetable in southern Asia.

Seeds

  • Seeds eaten fried, or added to sauces.
  • Seed oil used as cooking oil.

Leaves

  • Eaten raw as a salad, or cooked in soups or sauces. In la Réunion, they are called ‘brède mouroungue’ or ‘brède médaille’.
  • Leaf powder promoted in Africa as a protein-rich ingredient.

Flowers

  • eaten as a vegetable, in sauces or in a tea.

Roots

  • Grated roots are a substitute of horseradish.

Medicine

"Almost all parts have traditional medicinal applications. Especially the uses as an anodyne, anthelmintic, antispasmodic and disinfectant (bactericidal, fungicidal) are widespread." (PROTA)

Forage

  • Leaves eaten by livestock.
  • Flowers visited by bees.

Technical uses

  • pounded seeds and seed cake used as a flocculant to purify water.
  • Seed oil used as a lubricant, for perfumes, to make soap.
  • Gum from the bark used for tanning.
  • Wood used for fuel.

Environment

  • tree grown as a living fence, an ornamental and in alley-cropping.
  • some uses

  • Flowers ready to be cooked

  • Burmese soup

References

  • Bennett, R.N., Mellon, F.A., Foidl, N., Pratt, J.H., Dupont, M.S., Perkins, L. & Kroon, P.A., 2003. Profiling glucosinolates and phenolics in vegetative and reproductive tissues of the multi-purpose trees Moringa oleifera L. (Horseradish tree) and Moringa stenopetala L. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 51(12): 3546–3553.
  • Burkill, H.M., 1997. The useful plants of West Tropical Africa. 2nd Edition. Volume 4, Families M–R. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom. 969 p.
  • Wealth of India (The), 1962. A dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Volume 6: L–M. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India. 483 p.
  • Jahn, S.A.A., 1986. Proper use of African natural coagulants for rural water supplies: Research in the Sudan and a guide for new projects. GTZ, Eschborn, Germany. 541 p.
  • Jahn, S.A.A., Musnad, H.A. & Burgstaller, H., 1986. The tree that purifies water: cultivating multipurpose Moringaceae in the Sudan. Unasylva 152: 23–28.
  • Polprasid, P., 1993. Moringa oleifera Lamk. In: Siemonsma, J.S. & Kasem Piluek (Editors). Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 8. Vegetables. Pudoc Scientific Publishers, Wageningen, Netherlands. pp. 213–215.
  • Ramachandran, C., Peter, K.V. & Gopalakrishnan, P.K., 1980. Drumstick (Moringa oleifera): a multipurpose Indian vegetable. Economic Botany, 34: 276–283.
  • Saint-Sauveur, Armelle de, 1993. Le moringa, un arbre à multiples usages pour le Sahel. In: Riedacker, A., Dreyer, E., Pafadnam, C., Joly, H. & Bory, G. (Editors). Physiologie des arbres et arbustes en zones arides et semi-arides. Séminaire Paris-Nancy, 20 mars–6 avril 1990. Libbey, Paris, France. pp. 441–446.

Links

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