Benzolive tree (malunggay) PRODUCT NAME
Moringa oleifera, Lam. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Benzolive tree (malungay) |
| Local Name: | FILIFINO: Arunggai (Pangasinan); Balunggai (Cuyo Islands); Kalumunggai (Misamis); Kalunggai (Camarines); Kamalunggai (Mindoro); Kamalunggi (Pampanga); Malugai (Culion Island); Malunggai (Tarlac, Bulacan, Zambales, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Manila, Batangas, Tayabas, Mindoro, Capiz, Zamboanga); Marunggai (Ilocos norte and Sur, Abra): Maronggoi (Zambales) CZECH : Moringa olejná. DANISH : Behennødtræ. DUTCH : Benboom, Peperwortel boom. ENGLISH : Ben tree, Behn tree, Behen tree, Benzolive tree (USA), Drumstick, Drumstick tree, Horseradish tree, West Indian ben. FRENCH : Ben ailé, Ben ailée, Ben oléifère, Moringa ailée, Pois quénique. GERMAN : Behenbaum, Behennussbaum, Meerrettichbaum, Pferderettichbaum. GUJARATI : Midho saragavo, Saragavo, Saragvo, Seeng ni phali, Suragavo. HAUSA : Bagaruwar maka (Nigeria), Bagaruwar masar (Nigeria), Barambo, Danga, Koraukin zaila (Nigeria), Mágurua maser (Togo) , Rimin nacara (Nigeria), Rimin turawa (Nigeria), Samarin, Shipka hali (Nigeria), Shuka halinka (Nigeria), Zogalagandi (Cameroun), Zôgala gandi (Niger), Zogalla-gandi (Nigeria), Zogale |
| Family: | Moringaceae |
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| Product Description: | A small tree 8m or less in height, with very softy, white wood and corky bark. The leaves are alternate, 25-50cm long, and usually thrice pinnate. There are 3-9 leaflets on the ultimate pinnules. The leaflets are 1-2cm long the pod is 15-30cm long, pendulous, three-angled, and nine-ribbed. The seeds are three-angled and winged |
| NTFP Classification: | Food and food ingredients (plant-derived) |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species is widely distributed in the Philippines and in the tropics generally. It grows rapidly even in poor soil and is but little affected by drought |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | fruits leaves, leaflets flowers roots |
| Uses: | The leaves, flowers and fruits are cooked and eaten as a vegetable Root is eaten in India by Europeans as a substitute for horse-radish. |
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| Management Practices: | The root has a taste like that of horse-radish and in India is eaten by European. This species yields seeds from which ben oil is obtained. The oil is said to be used for salads and culinary purposes, and to equal the best Florence oil as an illuminan |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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| External Links: | http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Moringa.html |
