Drumstick tree
ನುಗ್ಗೆಕಾಯಿसहजनமுருங்கையிலை
Moringa oleifera Lam.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 11 m
- wide
- —
Moringaceae
Also called Moringa tree, Horseradish Tree, Benzoil tree, Ben oil tree, Horse-Radish Tree
Formerly Anoma moringa, Guilandina moringa, Hyperanthera decandra, Hyperanthera moringa, and 10 more
When it flowers
Flowers September to March in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- NE. Pakistan to NW. IndiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 10 m to 12 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- CreamRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Apple-of-PeruFlowers April to August, when this does not
Arabian jasmineFlowers April to August, when this does not
Barbados lilyFlowers April to August, when this does not
Billygoat weedFlowers April to August, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers April to August, when this does not
Blue dazeFlowers April to August, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Moringa de la India, Marango, árbol de la vida
- Indonesian
- Kelor
- French
- Néverdier, moulen kilé, maloko
- Portuguese
- Acácia-branca
- Chinese
- 辣木, 茂遮果
- Finnish
- ceyloninmoringa
- German
- Meerrettichbaum, Pferderettichbaum
- Czech
- moringa olejodárná
- Japanese
- ワサビノキ
- root
- මුරුංගා, முருங்கை, Malungkai
- Turkish
- moringa
- Thai
- มะรุม
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Moringa oleifera (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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