Moringa peregrina Fiori

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Moringaceae > Moringa

Characteristics

An erect shrub. Seedling trees develop an exposed tuber. From this 3-5 broad leaflets emerge. Then the plant branches and produces longer leaves with many widely spaced leaflets. These leaves fall. The flowers are pink and occur in long stalks.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows naturally near the Red Sea. It can survive arid conditions. It grows below 1,000 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places. It suits hardiness zones 10-12.
More
Rocky slopes of wadis and gullies; Acacia-Commiphora woodland, sometimes on nearly bare rock with a strongly reduced root system, at elevations up to 850 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The oil from the seeds is edible.
Uses animal food environmental use food food additive fuel gene source invertebrate food material medicinal non-vertebrate poison oil wood
Edible flowers fruits leaves roots seeds stems tubers
Therapeutic use Cancer (unspecified), Cathartic (unspecified), Cosmetic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Moringa peregrina unspecified picture

Conservation status

Moringa peregrina threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:584740-1
WFO ID wfo-0001264596
COL ID 44DPQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Moringa myrepsica Moringa arabica Moringa aptera Hyperanthera aptera Hyperanthera arborea Hyperanthera monodynama Hyperanthera semidecandra Gymnocladus arabicus Moringa peregrina Hyperanthera peregrina