View source for Moringa ← Moringa You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Moringa |accepted_authority=Adanson |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Fam. Pl. |place=2: 318, 579. 1763 |year=1763 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Moringaceae;Moringa |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Moringaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Moringa]]</div></div> |etymology=Tamil murungai, twisted pod, alluding to young fruit |volume=Volume 7 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 168 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Trees </b>or shrubs, [massive pachycauls, baobab-like with water-storing trunk], slender-trunked.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties=""><b>Leaves:</b> stipules with nectaries at growing tip;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="gland architecture">rachis articulation with stalked glands;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf architecture or shape">[1-pinnate] (2–) 3–4 (–5) -pinnate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaflet blade texture;leaflet blade shape;leaflet blade shape;leaflet blade prominence;apex architecture or function or pubescence;surface pubescence;surface pubescence">leaflet blade membranous [subcoriaceous], [lanceolate, oblanceolate, linear] round or oval, venation sometimes conspicuous abaxially, apex glandular, surfaces [pubescent] puberulent or glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="part position or shape"><b>Flowers:</b> parts usually with hairs forming a barrier distal to the nectariferous hypanthium;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower quantity">1 sporangium initiated in anther ontogeny.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="capsule architecture;capsule size"><b>Capsules </b>2-valved, often constricted between seeds.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="seed-coat texture"><b>Seeds </b>[1] 2–3 cm, winged [not winged], sometimes with spongy seed-coat, shed by gravity.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="seed atypical some measurement;seed some measurement;seed architecture;x chromosome quantity">x = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Asia (Bangladesh);Asia (India);Asia (Oman);Asia (Pakistan);Asia (Saudi Arabia);Asia (Yemen);sw;ne Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);also pantropically |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 13 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Little is known about breeding systems in Moringa; M. longituba Engler appears incapable of self-pollination, and flowers with sterile anthers have been reported in M. concanensis Nimmo ex Dalzell & Gibson. All species are used medicinally locally; M. stenopetala (Baker f.) Cufodontis is used as a leaf vegetable in northwestern Kenya and southwestern Ethiopia.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Moringa |authority=Adanson |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Moringaceae |distribution=Asia (Bangladesh);Asia (India);Asia (Oman);Asia (Pakistan);Asia (Saudi Arabia);Asia (Yemen);sw;ne Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);also pantropically |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Fam. Pl. |publication year=1763 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V7/V7_201.xml |genus=Moringa |apex architecture or function or pubescence=glandular |capsule architecture=2-valved |capsule size=constricted |flower quantity=1 |gland architecture=stalked |leaf architecture or shape=(2-)3-4(-5)-pinnate |leaflet blade prominence=conspicuous |leaflet blade shape=oval;round |leaflet blade texture=membranous |part position or shape=distal |seed architecture=winged |seed atypical some measurement=1 |seed some measurement=2cm;3cm |seed-coat texture=spongy |surface pubescence=glabrous;puberulent |whole_organism growth form=shrub;slender-trunked;tree;slender-trunked |x chromosome quantity=11 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Moringaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Moringaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Moringa.