Cellulose pulp extracted from Moringa oliefera pods was characterized and used as raw material for preparation of carboxy methyl cellulose CMC. The physicochemical properties of CMC studied using FT-IR spectroscopy it was presence of a new and strong absorption band at 1606.59 cm-1 confirms the stretching vibration of carboxyl group (coo-), X-ray diffractometry XRD shows additional bands at 34.6ÆŸ and 44.6ÆŸ due to change in crystallinity by broadening or cleavage of hydrogen bonds by carbon methyl cellulose substitution at the hydroxyl groups of cellulose (Mondal, et al 2015),Thermal analysis TGA curve of CMC shows mass loss in between 250c and 300c due to loss of CO2 from the polysacharideas a result of decarboxylation of COO- group, DTG maximum weight loss of dehydration of CMC is 43.11c while the weight loss of degrradtion is 102.33c less than the cellulose, DTA shows endothermic peaks at 81.72c due to decomposition of the main chain and depolymerisation (Biswal and Singh 2004).