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Family: Moringaceae	Genus: Moringa	Species: Moringa oleifera Lam. ( सहजन )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Guilandina moringa Linn., Moringa zeylanica Burmann	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Sunara, Sainjna, Shigra-tryam	Flower Type	Panicle
English / Trade Name	Drumstick Tree, The Horse-Radish Tree, Ben Oil Tree	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name	Sainjna	Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	Upto 2000 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	An elongate, torulose capsule, angled, longitudinally 3-valved; seeds many, 3 angled, 3 winged.
Habitat	Common; along miscellaneous forests of sub Himalayan tracts, often associated with Sal and Khair forests, or nearby crop fields.	Bark Type	Fissured
Distribution	Cultivated throughout warmer parts of India and moist tropical countries.	Bark Details	Bark corky grey, exuding yellowish-white gum.Young shoots have purplish or greenish-white, hairy bark.
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Pinnate
Description of Species	Deciduous trees, with corky bark. Leaves usually 3-pinnate, 45-90 cm long; petioles sheathing at the base; leaflets about 6-10 pairs, opposite, central ones largest, one or more conspicuous glands at the junction of pinnules, pinnae and rachis; leaflets elliptic, ovate-obovate, 1-2.5 cm long. Flowers pedicelled, about 2.5 cm across, white or pinkish, honey scented, in large compound, spreading, 30-60 cm long panicles; bracts linear. Calyx cup-shaped. Petals 5, unequal, narrowly spathulate. Stamens 5 fertile, 5 staminodes. Ovary stipitate, 1-celled, hairy; seeds trigonous, winged at the angles.	Leaf Details	Leaves usually 3-pinnate, 45-90 cm long; petioles sheathing at the base; leaflets about 6-10 pairs, opposite, central ones largest, one or more conspicuous glands at the junction of pinnules, pinnae and rachis; leaflets elliptic, ovate-obovate, 1-2.5 cm long.

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