drumstick tree

drumstick tree

English

An Indian Drumstick (cut)

Etymology

drumstick + tree. The immature pods are long and cylindrical like drumsticks

Noun

drumstick tree (plural drumstick trees)

1. An economically useful tree, Moringa oleifera, probably native to India, but grown throughout the tropics.

Synonyms

• ben
• horseradish tree
• moringa

 

Hypernyms

• tree

Translations

Moringa oleifera

Burmese: ဒန့်သလွန် (my) (dan.sa.lwan) Chinese: 辣木 Finnish: ceyloninmoringa Indonesian: kelor (id)

Tagalog: malunggay Tamil: முருங்கை (ta) (muruṅkai) Vietnamese: chùm ngây

References

• Moringa oleifera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia