Moringa oleifera Lam. Main specimen
Moringaceae
{ Nomenclature }

  • Botanical name : Moringa oleifera
  • Author : Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de (1785)
  • Family : Moringaceae
  • English names : Drumstick tree, moringa
  • Indian names (phonetics) :
    Hindi : Mungana, sahijan, senjana
    Kannada : Murunga
    Malayalam : Muringa, murinna,
    Sanskrit : Sigruh, sobhanjanah
    Tamil : Murungai
    Telugu : Munagan
  • Synonyms :
    Guilandina moringa L.
    Hyperanthera moringa (L.) Vahl
    Moringa zeylanica Burmann
    (Source : The Plant List, 2015, http://www.theplantlist.org)
  • Etymology :
    - Moringa : From the Malayalam Muringa or Tamil murungai vernacular names for Moringa oleifera.
    - Oleifera : From the Latin oleum,olei-fero, meaning oil-bearing, in reference of the seeds of the species.