Tree
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Anoma moringa (L.) Lour. |
| synonym | Guilandia moringa L. |
| synonym | Hyperanthera arborea J.F.Gmel. |
| synonym | Hyperanthera decandra Willd. |
| synonym | Hyperanthera moringa (L.) Vahl |
| synonym | Hyperanthera pterygosperma (Gaertn.) Oken |
| synonym | Moringa domestica Buch.-Ham. |
| synonym | Moringa edulis Medic. |
| synonym | Moringa erecta Salisb. |
| synonym | Moringa moringa (L.) Millsp. |
| synonym | Moringa nux-eben Desf. |
| synonym | Moringa octogona Stokes |
| synonym | Moringa parvifolia Noronha |
| synonym | Moringa polygona DC. |
| synonym | Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. |
| synonym | Moringa robusta Boj. |
| synonym | Moringa sylvestris Buch.-Ham. |
| synonym | Moringa zeylanica Pers. |
🗒 Common Names
| Assamese |
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| Irula |
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: A medium-sized deciduous tree, upto 12m.
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Cyclicity
Flowers : January - March Fruit ripen : March - May
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
Morphology
Flower
In axillary, divaricate panicles; white. Flowering throughout the year.
Fruit
An elongate, torulose capsule, angled, longitudinally 3-valved; seeds many, 3 angled, 3 winged. Fruiting throughout the year.
Field tips
Bark corky grey, exuding yellowish-white gum.
Leaf Arrangement
Alternate-spiral
Leaf Type
Tri-pinnate
Leaf Shape
Ovate or elliptic
Leaf Apex
Rounded
Leaf Base
Rounded
Leaf Margin
Entire
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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A middle sized soft tree with thick corky bark. Leaves compound, with pale green leaflets when young, become darker when older and yellow at the fall period. Generally planted in the the home stead, also use as hedge as cuttings propagate easily, found as escape in the forest. Flowers small, whitish , honey scented. Fruit is a capsule about 9 - 20 inch. long
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
Indian Distribution
Throughout Assam
Indigenous to Sub-Himalayan tracts, widely cultivated throughout the tropical countries.
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Unani
Sowa-Rigpa
Leaves, fruits and flowers are used in indian cuisine. Gum extracted from the bark.
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Fruits, when unripe, are used as vegetable . Young and tender leaves, and flowers are also used as vegetable. The fruit known as drum stick is highly suitable with pulses
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1465
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1465 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1465
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1465
Indigenous Knowledge on Medicinal Flora Utilized by the Traditional Healers in Mappillaiyurani Village, Tuticorin District, Tamil Nadu, India
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Dr. V. VadivelDietary preference and feeding patterns of the urban Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta (Mammalia: Primates: Cercopithecidae) in Asola-Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary in India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaWild edible plants of Hassan District, Karnataka: A role in ayurvedic formulation
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Dr. G. M. Prashanth KumarEthanobotanical Study of Less Known Wild Edible Plants of Hakki Pikki Tribes of Angadihalli, Hassan District, Karnataka
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Dr. G. M. Prashanth KumarFloristic composition and plant utilization pattern in homegardens of Upper Assam, India
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Mayur BawriA Case Study on People’s Choice Conservation of Biodiversity in Homesteads of Assam, India
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Dr. Prosanta HazarikaNo Data
🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Capparales |
| Family | Moringaceae |
| Genus | Moringa |
| Species | Moringa oleifera Lam. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
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