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Moringa oleifera

Common Name
Horseradish Tree; Kelor; Ben; Benz'Olive; Moroengei; Remunggai; Sajina; Olivier; Maroengga; Ubat bedat; Ban Sajna; Babano Del Arbol; Ben Ghianda; Merunggai; Ben Aile; Pois Coolie; Cigru; Ramunggai; Benboom; Sigru; Benzolivier; Graines Ben; Sahinjan; Moringa Tree; Palo De Aceite

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Hair-Oil Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Hematuria India(Santal) *
Hysteria Elsewhere *
Inflammation Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Lactafuge Java *
Lameness Java *
Madness India(Santal) *
Maggot Elsewhere *
Neuralgia Elsewhere *
Numbness Java *
Palsy Elsewhere *
Parturition Malaya *
Pneumonia India(Santal) *
Purgative Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Purgative Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Rheumatism Elsewhere *
Rheumatism Elsewhere *
Ringworm Java *
Rubefacient Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Rubefacient Iran Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.