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'''''Moringa oleifera''''' is a fast-growing, [[drought-resistant]] tree of the family Moringaceae, native to the [[Indian subcontinent]] and used extensively in South and Southeast Asia.<ref name="cabi">{{cite web |title=''Moringa oleifera'' (horseradish tree) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/34868 |publisher=CABI |access-date=17 May 2020 |date=17 December 2019}}</ref> Common names include '''moringa''',<ref name=GRIN>{{GRIN | access-date = 11 December 2017}}</ref> '''drumstick tree'''<ref name=GRIN/> (from the long, slender, triangular seed-pods), '''horseradish tree'''<ref name=GRIN/> (from the taste of the roots, which resembles [[horseradish]]), or '''malunggay''' (as known in maritime or archipelagic areas in Asia).<ref name="Sera">{{cite journal|display-authors=3 | last1=Serafico | first1=M.E. | last2=Perlas | first2=L.A. | last3=Magsadia | first3=C.R. | last4=Desnacido | first4=J.A. | last5=Viajar | first5=R.V. | last6=Rongavilla | first6=E.O. | last7=Azana | first7=G.P. | last8=Trinidad | first8=T.P. | title=Efficacy ofMalunggay(Moringa oleifera) leaves in improving the iron and vitamins A and B status of Filipino schoolchildren | journal=Acta Horticulturae | issue=1158 | year=2017 | issn=0567-7572 | doi=10.17660/actahortic.2017.1158.33 | pages=293–302}}</ref>
It is widely cultivated for its young [[seed pods]] and leaves, used as [[vegetables]] and for [[Traditional medicine|traditional]] [[herbal medicine]]. It is also used for [[water purification]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kalibbala|first1=H. M.|last2=Wahlberg|first2=O.|last3=Hawumba|first3=T. J.|date=1 December 2009|title=The impact of ''Moringa oleifera'' as a coagulant aid on the removal of trihalomethane (THM) precursors and iron from drinking water|journal=Water Science and Technology: Water Supply|volume=9|issue=6|pages=707–714|doi=10.2166/ws.2009.671}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Removal of natural organic matter and control of trihalomethanes formation in water treatment|last=Kalibbala |first=Herbert Mpagi |year=2012|publisher=Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology|isbn=9789175013237|location=Stockholm|oclc=939795543}}</ref> Although listed as an [[invasive species]] in several countries, ''M. oleifera'' has "not been observed invading intact habitats or displacing native flora", so "should be regarded at present as a widely cultivated species with low invasive potential."<ref name=cabi/>
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