So, this year together with Garima, we made a massive survey of the plains, hills, and valleys of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and part of Haryana. We were able to determine the ecological associations of the wild moringas, figure out their elevational extent, and make some coarse observations regarding soil preference. The whole story will have to wait for the scientific publication, but in the meantime, here are some photos of lovely wild moringa country.
In 2015 we visited what is traditionally regarded as the area of wild occurrence of Moringa oleifera, in northwestern India, where we discovered wild moringa populations. In 2016, Garima, U. of Delhi PhD student, visited other localities in the area. So, we had good information that there are wild moringas in northwestern India, but what remained was to establish their geographical extent. So, this year together with Garima, we made a massive survey of the plains, hills, and valleys of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and part of Haryana. We were able to determine the ecological associations of the wild moringas, figure out their elevational extent, and make some coarse observations regarding soil preference. The whole story will have to wait for the scientific publication, but in the meantime, here are some photos of lovely wild moringa country.
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AuthorDr. Mark E. Olson is a researcher at Mexico's national university and an expert on the biology of the genus Moringa Archives
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