Moringa concanensis

Price

Duration

About the Course

Your Instructor

is an authentic, indigenous wild constituent of Gujarat's dry deciduous woodlands, ravine scrub, and rocky hillslopes. It occurs naturally in wild, disjointed populations across Saurashtra (Gir, Girnar, and coastal rocky outcrops of Junagadh and Amreli), the rocky ravines of Kachchh, and the dry scrub outliers of North Gujarat (Banaskantha and Sabarkantha), extending into the arid borders of Rajasthan and Pakistan. It forms no part of commercial orchard cropping and is recorded as a wild forest species in regional floras.

Moringa concanensis is one of only two indigenous species of the monogeneric family Moringaceae native to the Indian subcontinent (the other being the ancestor of Moringa oleifera). Unlike cultivated M. oleifera, it has undergone little agricultural breeding and retains true wild adaptations.

IUCN, �Patel, R. I. (1988). Forest Flora of Gujarat State. Forest Department, Gujarat State, Baroda." "Shah, G. L. (1978). Flora of Gujarat State (Vol. 1). Sardar Patel University Press, Vallabh Vidyanagar, pp. 182�184." "Bhandari, M. M. (1990). Flora of the Indian Desert. MPS Repros, Jodhpur, pp. 102�104."