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|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
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>or shrubs, [massive pachycauls, baobab-like with water-storing trunk], slender-trunked. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules with nectaries at growing tip; rachis articulation with stalked glands; [1-pinnate](2–)3–4(–5)-pinnate; leaflet blade membranous [subcoriaceous], [lanceolate, oblanceolate, linear] round or oval, venation sometimes conspicuous abaxially, apex glandular, surfaces [pubescent] puberulent or glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: parts usually with hairs forming a barrier distal to the nectariferous hypanthium; 1 sporangium initiated in anther ontogeny. <b>Capsules</b> 2-valved, often constricted between seeds. <b>Seeds</b> [1]2–3 cm, winged [not winged], sometimes with spongy seed coat, shed by gravity. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=Asia (Bangladesh;India;Oman;Pakistan;Saudi Arabia;Yemen);sw;ne Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);introduced also pantropically.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 13 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Little is known about breeding systems in <i>Moringa</i>; 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>
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|authority=Adanson
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Moringaceae
|distribution=Asia (Bangladesh;India;Oman;Pakistan;Saudi Arabia;Yemen);sw;ne Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);introduced also pantropically.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fam. Pl.
|publication year=1763
|special status=
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|genus=Moringa
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