Taxon:
Moringa peregrina (Forssk.) Fiori
Summary
Place of publication:
Agric. Colon. 4:59. 1911
Verified:
07/07/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2
- Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
- Miller, A. G. & T. A. Cope. 1996-. Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
- Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
bentree – wild drumsticktree – wispy-needle yasartree – French
arbre à noix de ben – ben blanc – moringa aptère – Swedish
behenträd –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | n. |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | n. |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | United Arab Emirates | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Jordan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia (n.), Sudan (n.), Somalia
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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WESTERN ASIA:
Israel, Jordan, Syria
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/ |
Bee plants | honey production | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/ |
Human food | oil/fat | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/ |
Materials | lipids | for cosmetics | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/ |
Medicines | folklore | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/ |