Moringa

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Moringa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Moringa (altered from the native Malabar name). Moringaceae. Trees of warm countries, one of which is run wild in W. Indies and planted in southernmost parts of the United States. Flowers perfect, 5-merous; calyx cup-shaped, 5- cleft, the lobes reflexing; petals 5, one of them erect and larger; fertile stamens 5, alternating with 5 or 7 staminodia, the anthers attached on the back, and 1-loculed: fr. a long, 4-9-angled, 1-loculed pod with 3 valves, the seeds immersed in the spongy contents of the valves. — Only three species comprise the family Moringaceae, all members of the genus Moringa. They are small spineless trees, with alternate deciduous pinnate lvs., axillary panicles of rather large, white or red fls., and long pod-like frs. They are native of N. Afr. and the tropical parts of Asia. The position of the family Moringaceae is difficult to determine. Bentham & Hooker ally it with Ancardiaceae. Engler & Prantl place it between Resedaceae; and Sarraceniaceae. Grisebach joins it to the Capparidaceae. Others ally it with the Leguminosae, which it resembles in external appearance. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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