Moringa oleifera Lam.

PLANTS of .CEYLON
No. 17015
Moiiag^pleifera	Moringaceae
Road between Tissamaharama and Kirinda.
In garden. Tree ca. 6.5 m. branching from base
FIs. white. Beans eaten as vegetable, e.g. as
curry. Center scooped out eaten with seed. Out
side of fruit fibrous.
Seed.
April 14, 1985
Coll. Tetsuo Koyama, M. Mii, M. Jayasurrya
J. Strudwick & H. Hanashiro
Collection made under the auspices of the Committee on U.S.-Japan
Cooperative Research of Asiatic Economic Plants.
04747548