Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Brassicales

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).

DRC: 1 genus and 1 taxon.

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Moringa Adans.Description

Other sources of information about Moringaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Moringaceae
Flora 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
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Moringaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Moringaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Moringaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Moringaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Moringaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Moringaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Moringaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Moringaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Moringaceae
Wikipedia: Moringaceae
Plants of the World Online: Moringaceae
Tropicos: Moringaceae





Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Family page: Moringaceae.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=143, retrieved 15 November 2024

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