MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MT123 : Moringa oleifera Lam |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Planted, also wild in some deep ravines on hill slopes. | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Tree | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Moringaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Drumstick Tree, Horseradish tree • Hindi: Senjana • Kannada: Guggala, Mochaka, Mochaka mara • Konkani: Mashinga • Malayalam: Muringai • Marathi: Shevga • Tamil: Murungai • Tangkhul: Malethei • Telugu: Mochakamu, Mulaga, Mulaga chettu | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Anoma moringa (L.) Lour. Guilandia moringa L. Hyperanthera arborea J.F.Gmel. Hyperanthera decandra Willd. Hyperanthera moringa (L.) Vahl Hyperanthera pterygosperma (Gaertn.) Oken Moringa domestica Buch.-Ham. Moringa edulis Medic. Moringa erecta Salisb. Moringa moringa (L.) Millsp. Moringa nux-eben Desf. Moringa octogona Stokes Moringa parvifolia Noronha Moringa polygona DC. Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. Moringa robusta Boj. Moringa sylvestris Buch.-Ham. Moringa zeylanica Pers. |
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| Description : | A middle sized soft tree with thick corky bark. Leaves compound, with pale green leaflets when young, become darker when older and yellow at the fall period. Generally planted in the the home stead, also use as hedge as cuttings propagate easily, found as escape in the forest. Flowers small, whitish , honey scented. Fruit is a capsule about 9 - 20 inch. long | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The horseradish tree is a nutritious, diuretic, laxative herb that is expectorant, increases milk flow, controls bacterial infections and is rubefacient when applied topically. It contains a potent antibiotic. Ben oil, obtained from the seeds, has no taste, smell or colour and is exceptionally resistant to oxidation. The young leaves are taken internally to increase the milk flow in nursing mothers. The root is used as a vesicant. The root juice is used internally in the treatment of asthma, gout, rheumatism, enlarged spleen and liver, bladder and kidney stones, inflammatory conditions. xternally, the root is used to treat boils, ulcers, glandular swellings, infected wounds, skin diseases, dental infections, snake bites and gout. The roots and bark are used for cardiac and circulatory problems, as a tonic and for inflammation. The gum is demulcent, diuretic, astringent and abortifacient. It is used in cough syrups and in the treatment of asthma. The bark and gum are used in the treatment of tuberculosis and septicaemia. Flowers and immature fruits are said to be a good rubefacient. Oil of Ben is used for hysteria, scurvy, prostate problems and bladder troubles. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | spirachin oxalic acid moringinine kaempferol quercetin pterygospermin glucosinolate Arachidic acid BENZYLAMINE ascorbic acid maltotriose Pterygospermin Tocopherols vanillin |
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| Reference : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : ~ Omesh Bajpai, Jitendra Pandey and Lal Babu Chaudhary; "Ethnomedicinal Uses of Tree Species by Tharu Tribes in the Himalayan Terai Region of India"; Research Journal of Medicinal Plant (2016); 10(1): 19-41 PMID : ~ Sonika Jain, Jaya Dwivedi, Pankaj Kumar Jain, Swaha Satpathy and Arjun Patra; "Medicinal Plants for Treatment of Cancer: A Brief Review"; Pharmacogn. J. (2016); 8(2): 87-102 PMID : ~ Nduche, M.U. and Okwulehie, I.C.; "ETHNOMEDICINAL SURVEY OF PLANTS USED IN TREATING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA"; Review of Plant Studies (2014); 1(2): 1-9 PMID : |
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