Moringa oleifera Leaf Identity & Plant Part
The botanical entity is Moringa oleifera Lam., a fast-growing tree of the Moringaceae native to the foothills of the Himalayas and now grown across the tropics. The part used is the leaf, taken from the compound, feathery fronds. Seeds, pods, roots, bark and flowers are not included in this moringa extract, though the tree is used for all of them elsewhere.
That range of uses is why the part must be named. Moringa seed gives oil and a protein cake, pods are eaten as a vegetable, and root is a different material altogether, so an unqualified “moringa extract” could be any of them.
The leaf contains flavonol glycosides of quercetin and kaempferol, chlorogenic acids, glucosinolates, of which glucomoringin is the most abundant, and chlorophyll.












