moringa

Noun

(plural moringas)

Any of several trees, of genus Moringa, that grow in tropical and subtropical India and Africa.

Origin

Probably from Tamil முருங்கை (murungai, “drumstick”), from the shape of the fruits.

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Moringa-tannin; common tannin, however, is a digallic acid.
Moringa-tannin or maclurin, C1,H1006 H20, found in Morus tinctoria, hydrolyses on fusion with caustic potash to phloroglucin and protocatechuic acid.

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