Moringa

Moringa oleifera in Colombia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brassicales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Moringaceae
Genus: Moringa
Species: M. arborea M. borziana M. concanensis M. drouhardii M. hildebrandtii M. longituba M. oleifera M. ovalifolia M. peregrina M. pygmaea M. rivae M. ruspoliana M. stenopetala

Source(s) of checklist: 

Name

Moringa Adans.

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Alandina Neck. in Elem. Bot. 2: 456 (1790), opus utique oppr.
    • Anoma Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 278 (1790)
    • Donaldsonia Baker f. in J. Bot. 34: 53 (1896)
    • Hyperanthera Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 67 (1775)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Africa
    • Regional: Western Africa
      • Angola, Namibia
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Djibouti, Kenya
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Egypt
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
  • Continental:Asia-temperate
  • Continental:Africa
    • Regional: Western Africa
      • Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • India, Pakistan
    • Regional: Southwestern Asia
      • Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai
    • Introduced into:
      • Aldabra, Andaman Is., Arizona, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Maldives, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zaïre

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

suomi: Moringat
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