Moringa stenopetala has a shrubby, rounded habit (the way a plant grows in its natural state) and a bottle-shaped trunk.
Moringa stenopetala is a perennial tree with a shrubby, rounded habit, growing to a height of 612 m (2039 ft) in all but the most exceptional cases where it may reach 15 m (49 ft) high. In botany habit is the characteristic form in which a given species of plant grows (see Glossary of plant morphology#Plant habit). Caudiciform or "bottle shaped", the trunk is bloated at the base and habitually forked, with a diameter up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). 
