Cultivated
Small tree or shrub ; up to 6 m tall , with whitish-gray bark . Stems with drooping , fragile branches . Leaves 2–3-pinnate , with 4–6 pairs of pinnae ; leaflets 6–9(–11) per pinna , elliptic or obovate , ± rounded to emarginate at the apex , rounded to cuneate at the base , glabrous or puberulous . Inflorescences in spreading or drooping flower clusters . Flowers white or cream , fragrant , hermaphroditic ; receptacle 3–4 mm long . Fruit capsule , 10–50 , glabrous , 9-ribbed . Seeds 0 . 5–2 . 5 cm long , dark brown , glabrous , with broad wings . (Ref . https://en . wikipedia . org) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Guilandina moringa L.
Moringa moringa (L.) Millsp.
Moringa domestica Buch.-Ham.
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Horse radish tree
Moringa
Drumstick tree
Ben oil tree
Benzolive tree
Not used traditionally. However, known used as ornamental plant. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden). In Omani studies: Miller & Cope (1996) wrote that: "Cultivated as an ornamental, and for the oil extracted from its seeds". (Ref. Miller & Cope; 1996). In addition, Ghazanfar (2003) mentioned that: "Cultivated for the edible capsules commonly cooked in curries". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.1).
*POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *https://en.wikipedia.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758.
