Moringa oleifera Lam.
| Synonym : | Guilandina moringa L. Hyperanthera moringa (L.) Vahl Moringa zeylanica Burmann. |
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| Bangla Name : | Sajna,Sajina,Sojine,Sesna shak(Chakma),Dain-sha-nai(Chak),Khunjan(Dalu),Sajna-phang(Garo),Bonjon(Haj |
| English Name : | Drumstick tree,Horse radish tree,Ben oil tree. |
| Family : | Moringaceae |
| Disease : | Paralysis, intermittent fever, epilepsy, hysteria, rhuematism, articular pains, affection of theliver and speen, stimulant, stomach upset, colic, flatulence, gout, hyper tension, impotence, jaundice, lumbago, neuralgia, oedema, sleenomegaly, strangury, vo |
| Description : | A large tree, with gummy bark, younger parts pubescent. Leaves alternate, tripinnately imparipinnate, deciduous; rachis pubescent, slender, pulvinate and jointed at base. Inflorescence 8-30 cm long with ovoid buds. Flowers white, honey scented. Calyx tube hairy; Petals white, the anterior erect, others reflexed, ascending imbricate. Stamens 5, alternating with 5(-7) sterile filaments or sometimes with non func¬tional stamens. Ovary oblong. Fruit a 9-ribbed pendulous pod, somewhat tomentose when young. Seeds embedded in the pits of the valves, 3 angled, winged, blackish, rounded. |
| Distribution : | This species found throughout Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Alanine, arginine, glvcine, threonine, serine, valine, glutamic and aspartic acids in flowers and fruits. Lysine, sucrose and glucose in flowers. 4-hydroxymellein, vanillin, octacosanoic acid, ?-sitosterol and ?- sitostenone from stems. Aldotriouronic aci |
| Uses : | This plant is used in Paralysis, intermittent fever, epilepsy, hysteria, rhuematism, articular pains, affection of the liver and speen, stimulant, stomach upset, colic, flatulence, gout, hyper tension, impotence, jaundice, lumbago, neuralgia, oedema, slee |
| Habit : | Tree |