name: Horseradish Tree

flavor_db_name_variants: horseradish tree

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Horseradish tree

id: 379

name_scientific: Moringa oleifera

description: Moringa oleifera is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Moringa, which is the only genus in the family Moringaceae. English common names include: moringa, drumstick tree (from the appearance of the long, slender, triangular seed-pods), horseradish tree (from the taste of the roots, which resembles horseradish), ben oil tree or benzoil tree (from the oil which is derived from the seeds). It is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree, native to the southern foothills of the Himalayas in northwestern India, and widely cultivated in tropical and sub-tropical areas where its young seed pods and leaves are used as a vegetable.

itis_id: 503874

wikipedia_id: Horseradish_tree

picture_file_name: 384.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 189387

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:41:23.000Z

legacy_id: 411

food_group: Vegetables

food_subgroup: Other vegetables

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:38.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:24.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3735

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00379