Adanson, M. (1763), Familles des Plantes 2: 318, 579 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Moringa oleifera Lam.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 450 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Moringaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 358-359 [secondary reference]

Verdcourt, B. (1985), A synopsis of the Moringaceae. Kew Bulletin 40(1): 1-23 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. (1993), Moringaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 176 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Kubitzki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Moringaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 312-314, Fig. 65 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 330 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 558-559 [secondary reference]

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