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Ethnobotanical Plant 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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Abortifacient English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Abortifacient Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Abortive Java Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head) Java Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Adenopathy India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Antidote(Centipede) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Antidote(Scorpion) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Antidote(Spider) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Ascites Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Asthma Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Baldness India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Beriberi Java Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Boil Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Burn Egypt Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.