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Moringaceae
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Description of the family
Trees, often with a swollen trunk. Rootstocks often smelling of horseradish. Stipules minute, caducous. Leaves alternate, 2-4-imparipinnate, with stalked glands at base of petioles and pinnae. Inflorescence a many-flowered axillary panicle. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic or zygomorphic, with petals and stamens fused into a cup-like hypanthium. Sepals 5, petaloid. Petals 5, alternating with sepals, white. Stamens 5. Ovary superior, of 3 fused carpels. Fruit a long beaked many-seeded pod-like capsule. Seeds with 3 membranous wings. Worldwide: 1 genus and 12 species occuring in semi-arid Africa to Asia. (Ours is an introduction from NW India). Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated genus and 1 cultivated taxon. |
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| Moringa Adans. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Moringaceae:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: MoringaceaeFlora of Caprivi: cultivated Moringaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Moringaceae
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Moringaceae
Flora of Zambia: Moringaceae
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Moringaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Moringaceae
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MoringaceaeGoogle: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Moringaceae
Wikipedia: Moringaceae
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