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Moringa oleifera Lam.: Anoma moringa (L.) Lour.; Guilandia moringa L.; Hyperanthera decandra Willd.; Hyperanthera moringa (L.) Vahl); Moringa amara Durin; Moringa domestica Buch.-Ham.; Moringa edulis Medik.; Moringa erecta Salisb.; Moringa moringa (L.) Millsp.; Moringa nux-eben Desf.; Moringa octogona Stokes; Moringa ovalifolia Dinter & Berger; Moringa polygona DC.; Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn.; Moringa sylvestris Buch.-Ham.; Moringa zeylanica Burman.
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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2021). Moringa oleifera Lam. Moringaceae. In: Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38386-2_109
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