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|accepted_name=Moringaceae
|accepted_authority=Martinov
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|common_names=Drumstick Tree Family
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|hierarchy=Moringaceae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Moringaceae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
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|treatment_page=page 167
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>or shrubs; glabrous or puberulent; roots tuberous [massive, fibrous, or shrubs canelike with underground tubers], (producing glucosinolates and isothiocyanates, especially in roots and leaves; strongly odoriferous). <b>Stems</b> erect to pendent; unbranched [branched]. <b>Leaves</b> (drought-deciduous) alternate, (imparipinnate), compound; stipules present (glandular); petiole present; leaflets opposite, blade margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, paniculate, with (2–)3–4(–5) orders of branching; bracts (and bracteoles) usually present (glandular). <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Flowers</b> strongly zygomorphic [nearly actinomorphic]; perianth and androecium perigynous; sepals 5, distinct; petals 5 (bannerlike petal borne abaxially), distinct; stamens 5, opposite petals (inserted on rim of hypanthium); staminodes [3–]5, similar to filaments, alternate with stamens; anthers monothecal, bisporangiate; ovary 3-carpellate, 1-locular, (on gynophore); placentation probably marginal (sometimes interpreted as medial); ovules anatropous; style 1 (hollow, with a gaping stigmatic aperture). <b>Fruits</b> capsular, valvate, laxly dehiscent, fibrous. <b>Seeds</b> 10–35, brown, globular, winged or not; cotyledons oily.</span><!--

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|distribution=sw Asia;sw;ne Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);introduced also pantropically.
|discussion=<p>Genus 1, species 13 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Moringaceae are closely related to Caricaceae, with which they share glandular appendages at the apex of the petiole.</p><!--
--><p>The bark of Moringaceae is conspicuous with bundles of phloem, schizogenous gum ducts are present in the pith and also on trauma in the bark, and exudes a straw- or pinkish-colored gum. The wood is white or yellowish and the plants are fibrous to mostly parenchymatous.</p>
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|id=olson2002a
|text=Olson, M. E. 2002. Intergeneric relationships within the Caricaceae-Moringaceae clade (Brassicales), and potential morphological synapomorphies of the clade and its families. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 163: 51–65.
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|id=olson2002b
|text=Olson, M. E. 2002b. Combining data from DNA sequences and morphology for a phylogeny of Moringaceae. Syst. Bot. 27: 55–73.
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|id=olson2003a
|text=Olson, M. E. 2003. Developmental origins of floral bilateral symmetry in Moringaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 90: 49–71.
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|id=verdcourt1985a
|text=Verdcourt, B. 1985. A synopsis of the Moringaceae. Kew Bull. 40: 1–-23.
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|author=Mark E. Olson
|authority=Martinov
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|family=Moringaceae
|illustrator=Barbara Alongi
|distribution=sw Asia;sw;ne Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);introduced also pantropically.
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