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Sarguro

Moringa concanensis

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened plants list
Moringa concanensis (Moringa concanensis)

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Scientific name
Moringa concanensis
Family
Moringaceae, order Brassicales
Group
Plant

A rocky-hill relative of the drumstick tree.

  • Spot it Feathery leaves, long pods and yellowish flowers.
  • Home Aravalli rocks.
  • Food web Bees visit the flowers.
  • Why it matters A drought-hardy tree that holds rocky soil; the Board notes it is getting very rare.
Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened plants of Rajasthan, for Aravalli rocks.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board gives its local name as Sarguro, Sainjana.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board describes it as a tree of the Moringaceae family.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board's remark: getting very rare.[2]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Plants of Rajasthan (55 plants) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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