Moringa oleifera Lour.

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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Horse-radish tree (English) Moringo (English)
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Status:	Introduced
Description:	Small tree, cultivated for its edible roots and leaves. Leaves 3-4-pinnate with opposite ovate leaflets. Flowers in terminal branched inflorescences, white, tinged with pink. Pods up to 45 cm long.
Notes:	It has been recorded as a rare naturalised escape in the northern Zambezi Valley (Simon 467).
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Worldwide distribution:	Native to India.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N
Growth form(s):	Tree.
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Images last updated:	Friday 13 February 2009
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 167. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 238. Hawthorne, W.D. & Jongkind, C.C.H. (2007). Woody Plants of Western African Forests: A Guide to the Forest Trees, Shrubs and Lianes From Senegal to Ghana Kew Page 331. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 63. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 88.

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Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Moringa oleifera
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Moringa oleifera

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Moringa oleifera
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Moringa oleifera
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Moringa oleifera
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Moringa oleifera
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Wikipedia: Moringa oleifera