Moringa hildebrandtii Engl. (1904:250)
Hildebrandt's moringa, hazomaroseranana (local name)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in the wild (date unspecified) (Castillon & Castillon, 2007)
Distribution
southwestern Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Engler, A. 1904. Contribuzioni alla conoscenza della flora dell’Africa orientale. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 9: 241-256.
Other references:
Beentje, H. J. (1998). J.M. Hildebrandt (1847-1881): notes on his travels and plant collections. Kew Bulletin 53: 835-856.
Castillon, Jean-Bernard and Castillon, Jean-Paul. (2007). The recent discovery of the first wild population of Moringa hildebrandtii (Moringaceae) in Madagascar. Cactus World 25(1): 37-41.
Hammer, K. and Khoshbakht, K. (2005). Towards a ‘red list’ for crop plant species. Genet. Resour. Crop Evol. 52(3): 249-265.
Olson, Mark E. and Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G. (2000). Moringa hildebrandtii: a tree extinct in the wild but preserved by indigenous horticultural practices in Madagascar. Adansonia sér. 3, 22(2): 217-221.