Drumstick Tree
Moringa tree is a fast growing tree found in tropical semi arid region. moringa is a perennial and soft wood tree. Moringa leaf look like a feathery foliage of tri pinnate with oval shaped leaflets. This is a small, deciduous tree with sparse foliage.
Types of drumstick
Drumstick has a different species such as Moringa oleifera, Moringa stenopetala, Moringa drouhardii, Moringa hildebrandtii and Moringa concanensis.
Moringa oleifera
All part of the moringa oleifera are said to be highly nutritious and medicinal from the roots to the back to the seeds even the flower. Only the murungai leaves are recommended daily consumption but people find seed convenient to ingest. The murungai leaves have 10 times the vitamin of carrot, twice the vitamin C of oranges and 15 times the potassium of bananas and 17 times the calcium of milk.
Moringa stenopetala
The taste of the murungai leaf are bitter to sweet. This plant grow at the height of 6–12 meters. M.stenopetala also referred as African moringa, cabbage tree. Raw leaf eaten as a vegetable.
Moringa drouhardii
The tree bole is cylindrical shape because to facilitate the storage of water. M. drouhardii usually grows up to 5–10 meters height. This moringa leaf is used for making oil and medicine.
Moringa hildebrandtii
Drumstick plant stem are deep red with small ivory white flower occurs. This plant is the drought resistant tree . M. hildebrandtii plant are ornamental and used for medicine. Scientific analysis has shown that moringa leaves contain more than 46 types of antioxidants.
Moringa concanensis
The inflorescence of the moringa flower is panicle. This flower petals are yellow in color. Capsule are straight with pale green. Better fruiting and flowering time of this crop are January to February. This species of moringa varieties only have bipinnate leaves. this moringa tree commonly called as Konkan moringa. This plant used to treat fertile problem.
















