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Moringa

Moringa oleiferaAlso called árbol de baquetas, árbol de rábano picante, árbol benzoil and drumstick

Moringa is a vegetable with edible leaves and pods. Cooks boil or simmer it, use it raw or as a garnish, and pair it with coconut milk or lentils.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Vegetables
Part used
Leaf, pod
Family
Moringaceae
Cooked most in
Africa, Asia
Top country
Nigeria
Moringa, whole

Photo: McKay Savage from London, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use moringa

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Boil simmer
  • Garnish
  • Raw

Preparing it

Parboil the young pods and cut them into shorter pieces before adding them to a curry or soup.

Goes well with

Around the world

Where moringa is cooked

4 dishes in the catalogue use moringa. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list moringa among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to
India

On the table

Dishes made with moringa

3 of the 4 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Dambu

    Niger, Nigeria

  • Romazava

    Madagascar

  • Miyar zogale

    Nigeria

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include moringa.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: moringa in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What moringa is called

Names in 96 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Moringa oleifera

  • French

    Moringa oleifera · Morongo · Anamambo

  • Italian

    Moringa oleifera

  • Portuguese

    acácia-branca · Moringa oleifera · Moringueiro · Acácia branca

  • German

    Meerrettichbaum · Moringa pterygosperma · Guilandina moringa · Moringa moringa

  • Dutch

    Moringa oleifera

  • Turkish

    Moringa oleifera

  • Russian

    Моринга масличная · Moringa oleifera

  • Polish

    moringa olejodajna · Moringa oleifera

  • Arabic

    بان زيتي · مورنغا زيتونية · شوع · نبات المورينجا

  • Persian

    ترب کوهی (درخت)

  • Hebrew

    מורינגה מכונפת

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  • Achinese

    Murông

  • Afrikaans

    Moringa oleifera · Behenneutboom · Peperwortelboom · Moringaboom

  • Albanian

    Moringa oleifera

  • Amharic

    ሽፈራው

  • Assamese

    চজিনা

  • Asturian

    Moringa oleifera

  • Balinese

    Kélor

  • Bambara

    Jirininbulu

  • Bangla

    সজনে

  • Bikol

    Kalungay

  • blk

    သေင်ႏဟန်ႏဆျာယာႏ

  • Bulgarian

    Moringa oleifera

  • Burmese

    ဒန့်သလွန်

  • Cantonese

    辣木

  • Catalan

    Arbre de l'oli de ben · Moringa oleifera

  • Cebuano

    Moringa oleifera

  • Central Kurdish

    مۆرینگا

  • Chinese

    辣木

  • Czech

    moringa olejodárná · Moringa oleifera

  • dag

    Jɛŋgbɛyɔɣirili

  • Danish

    moringa

  • dga

    Ɔɔnyukõɔ teɛ · Ɔɔnyukõɔ oleifera · Ɔɔnyukõɔ oleifeira · árbol de baquetas

  • Divehi

    މުރަނގަ ތޮޅި

  • Egyptian Arabic

    بان زيتى

  • Esperanto

    Moringa oleifera

  • Filipino

    Malunggay · West Indian ben · Punong pantambol · M. oleifera

  • Finnish

    ceyloninmoringa · Moringa oleifera

  • Galician

    Moringa oleifera

  • Ganda

    Molinga

  • Goan Konkani

    म्हशींग

  • Gorontalo

    Kelo

  • Gujarati

    સરગવો (વૃક્ષ)

  • Haitian Creole

    Benzoliv

  • Hausa

    Zogale · Moringa oleifera

  • Hindi

    सहजन

  • Hungarian

    lóretekfa · Moringa oleifera

  • Iloko

    marunggay · Moringa oleifera · marunggi

  • Indonesian

    Kelor

  • Irish

    Moringa oleifera

  • Japanese

    モリンガ　オレィフェラ

  • Javanese

    Kélor · Kelor

  • Kannada

    ನುಗ್ಗೆಕಾಯಿ

  • Korean

    모링가

  • kus

    Zaŋgbeduan

  • Latin

    Moringa oleifera

  • Latvian

    eļļainā moringa

  • Lingala

    Moringa

  • Lithuanian

    Aliejinė moringa

  • Madurese

    Marongghi

  • Malagasy

    Ananambo · agnamorôngo · Felimirongo · Moronga

  • Malay

    Pokok Kelor

  • Malayalam

    മുരിങ്ങ

  • Marathi

    शेवगा

  • Minangkabau

    Marunggai

  • Nepali

    सैजन

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    pepperrottre

  • Nyanja

    Cham'mwanba · Chamwamba · Moringa oleifera

  • Odia

    ସଜନା

  • Pampanga

    Kalamungge

  • Punjabi

    ਸੁਹਾਂਜਣਾ

  • Romanian

    Moringa oleifera

  • Sanskrit

    शिग्रुः · शिघ्रुः

  • Santali

    ᱢᱩᱱᱜᱟᱹ · ᱢᱩᱱᱜᱤ

  • Serbian

    Moringa oleifera

  • Shan

    ၽၵ်းၼိူဝ်ႉၵႆႇ · တူၼ်ႈၽၵ်းၼိူဝ်ႉၵႆႇ

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    辣木

  • Sindhi

    سوانجھڙو

  • Slovak

    Moringa karibská · Moringa eleifera · Moringa · Moringa Caribbean

  • Slovenian

    Moringa oleifera

  • Somali

    Moringa

  • Sundanese

    Kélor

  • Swahili

    Mlonge

  • Swedish

    Moringa oleifera

  • Tajik

    Бон

  • Tamil

    முருங்கை · முருங்கைக்கீரை · முருங்கையிலை

  • Telugu

    మునగ · మునగ కాయ · మునగాకు · ములక్కాయ

  • Thai

    มะรุม · Moringa oleifera

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    辣木

  • Tsonga

    Muringa

  • Tulu

    ನುರ್ಗೆ ಮರ

  • Ukrainian

    Моринга масляниста

  • Urdu

    سوہانجنا

  • Vietnamese

    Chùm ngây · Moringa oleifera

  • Waray

    Kamalunggay

  • Western Panjabi

    سہانجنا

  • Wu Chinese

    辣木

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos
  • Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q234193

Photos

Photo: McKay Savage from London, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons