Moringa oleifera is a short-lived, fast-growing, drought-resistant tree of the family Moringaceae, native to northern India and used extensively in South and Southeast Asia. Common names include moringa, drumstick tree (from the long, slender, triangular seed-pods), horseradish tree (from the taste of the roots, which resembles horseradish), ben tree (for its oil), or malunggay (as known in maritime or archipelagic areas in Asia).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Moringa tree being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Albizia procera
- Adenanthera microsperma
- Pseudosamanea guachapele
- Libidibia punctata
- Millingtonia hortensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Moringaceae
- Genus
- Moringa
- Species
- Moringa oleifera
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