Moringa aptera

Moringa aptera
Moringa Mo*rin"ga, prop. n. [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species ({Moringa pterygosperma}) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of {Moringa aptera}, are known in commerce as {ben} or {ben nuts}, and yield the oil called {oil of ben}. [1913 Webster]

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  • Moringa — Mo*rin ga, prop. n. [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species ({Moringa pterygosperma}) is the horse radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of {Moringa aptera}, are known in commerce as… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Moringa pterygosperma — Moringa Mo*rin ga, prop. n. [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species ({Moringa pterygosperma}) is the horse radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of {Moringa aptera}, are known in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • MORINGA PEREGRINA (FORSK.) FIORI - МОРИНГА ИНОЗЕМНАЯ — см. 363. Дерево. М. peregrina (Forsk.) Fiori М. иноземная in Agric. Colon. 5 (1911) 50 Mansfeld (1959) 109. S y n. Hyperanthera peregrina Forsk.; Gymnocladusarabica Lam.; M. aptera Gaertn.; M. arabica Pers. М е с т н. н а з в. Нем. echter… …   Справочник растений

  • Moringa — (M. Lam.), Pflanzengattung aus der Anhangsgruppe Moringeae Rchnb. in der Familie der Papilionaceae, 10. Kl. 1. Ordn. L.; Arten: M. pterygosperma u. M. aptera, in Ostindien …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Moringa — Gärtn., einzige Gattung der Moringazeen (Ordnung der Rhöadalen), große Bäume mit abfallenden, wechselständigen, unpaarig zwei bis dreifach gefiederten Blättern, in achselständigen Rispen stehenden fünfgliederigen, symmetrischen, großen, weißen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Moringa — Juss., Pflanzengattg. der Kapparidazeen, Bäume Nordafrikas, Arabiens und Ostindiens. M. olĕifĕra Lam. wird in den Tropen kultiviert wegen ihrer als Gemüse verwendeten Blätter, Blüten, unreifen Früchte und der Wurzelrinde. Ihre Samen sowie die von …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • ben — Moringa Mo*rin ga, prop. n. [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species ({Moringa pterygosperma}) is the horse radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of {Moringa aptera}, are known in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ben nuts — Moringa Mo*rin ga, prop. n. [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species ({Moringa pterygosperma}) is the horse radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of {Moringa aptera}, are known in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • oil of ben — Moringa Mo*rin ga, prop. n. [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species ({Moringa pterygosperma}) is the horse radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of {Moringa aptera}, are known in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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