Moringa peregrina (Forssk.) Fiori GRIN-Global

Taxon: Moringa peregrina (Forssk.) Fiori

Summary

Genus:

Moringa

Family:

Moringaceae

Nomen number:

456292

Place of publication:

Agric. Colon. 4:59. 1911

Verified:

07/07/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Hyperanthera peregrina Forssk.

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Ghazanfar, S. A. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2. 1992
Migahid, A. M. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3. 1988-1990
Miller, A. G. & T. A. Cope. Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. 1996-
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).

Common names

English
bentree –
wild drumsticktree –
wispy-needle yasartree –
French
arbre à noix de ben –
ben blanc –
moringa aptère –
Swedish
behenträd –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Eritrea
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Somalia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Egypt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Oman
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Saudi Arabia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	United Arab Emirates
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Israel
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Jordan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Syria

Native
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
WESTERN ASIA: Israel, Jordan, Syria

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Animal food	fodder	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Bee plants	honey production	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Human food	oil/fat	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Materials	lipids	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Medicines	folklore	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=456292. Accessed 14 June 2026.