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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Moringa oleifera (Moringaceae)

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Common name(s)
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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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Abortifacient English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Abortive Java *
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Ache(Head) Java *
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Adenopathy India(Santal) *
Antidote(Centipede) India(Santal) *
Antidote(Scorpion) India(Santal) *
Antidote(Spider) India(Santal) *
Ascites Elsewhere *
Asthma Elsewhere *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Baldness India(Santal) *
Beriberi Java *
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere *
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere *
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.
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.