The following Moringa species are characterized by a massive,
swollen, water-storing trunk and radially symmetrical (or nearly
so) flowers. All of these species also have similar patterns of
germination and ground tissue proliferation.The following Moringa species are characterized by a massive,
swollen, water-storing trunk and radially symmetrical (or nearly
so) flowers. All of these species also have similar patterns of
germination and ground tissue proliferation.
Moringa drouhardii (Madagascar)
Moringa hildebrandtii (Madagascar)
Moringa ovalifolia (Namibia and Angola)
Moringa stenopetala (Kenya and
Ethiopia)
They were placed by Verdcourt together in a section of the
genus called Donaldsondia in 1985.
The following species of Moringa have an underground
tuber when small, but turn into slender trees with age. All three
of these species are have bilaterally symmetrical flowers:
Moringa concanensis (Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh)
Moringa oleifera (India)
Moringa peregrina (Israel to Somalia and southern Arabian Peninsula)
The eight Moringaspecies found in northeast Africa span
the whole range of life form variation found in Moringa. All
but M. peregrina are endemic to northeast Africa, that
is, found nowhere else on earth:
Bottle tree
Moringa stenopetala
Slender tree
Moringa peregrina
Small tree with massive, fleshy roots
Moringa arborea
Moringa ruspoliana
Tuberous shrub/ herb
Moringa borziana
Moringa longituba
Moringa pygmaea
Moringa rivae