• Name-Moringa oleifera


• Family-Moringaceae

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Moringaceae
Genus:	Moringa Adans

• Synonym-

• Sanskrit-: Shigru (white var.),
                    Madhu Shigru,
                    Sigra,
                    Shobhaanjana,
                    Haritashaaka.
                    Raktaka,
                    Murangi,
                    Mochaka,
                    Akshiva,
                    Tikshnagandhaa


• Bengali-Sajina, Sajna, Sajne


• English -Horse Radish Tree, Drum Stick Tree


• Gujrati -Sargavo, Sekato, Saragavo Parna


• Hindi -Shajoma, Mungna


• Kannada -Neegge, Nugge ele


• Malayalam -Murinna, Tishnagandha, Muringa, Muringa Elai


• Marathi -Sevaga, Segata, Segata pana, Shewgachi pane


• Oriya -Sajana, Munga, Munika


• Punjabi -Sohanjana


• Tamil -Murungai, Murungai Ilai


• Telugu -Munaga Aku


• Urdu -Sehjan


• Konkani -Muska Saang


• Nepali-Sajiwan or Swejan


• Guyana -Sijan


• Hausa -Zogale


• Sinhalese -Murunga


• Thai-Ma rum

• Thirteen Moringa species are known:

M. oleifera		M. hildebrandtii		M. rivae
M. arborea		M. longituba		M. ruspoliana
M. borziana		M. ovalifolia		M. stenopetala
M. concanensis		M. peregrina
M. drouhardii		M. pygmaea

   It is found wild in sub Himalayan tract, commonly cultivated throughout the country. The "Moringa" tree is grown mainly in semi-arid, tropical, and subtropical areas, corresponding in the United States. It grows wild in the Middle East or Africa. Today it is widely cultivated in Africa, Central and South America, Sri Lanka, India, Mexico, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

   It is considered one of the world’s most useful trees, can be used for food or has some other beneficial property. In many countries, Moringa micronutrient liquid used as a natural anthelmintic (kills parasites) and as adjuvant (to aid or enhance another drug), which is used as a metabolic conditioner to aid against endemic diseases in developing countries. The bark, sap, roots, leaves, seeds, oil, and flowers are used in traditional medicine in several countries. In Jamaica, the sap is used for a blue dye. The flowers are also cooked and relished as a delicacy in West Bengal and Bangladesh, especially during early spring. There it is called shojne ful and is usually cooked with green peas and potato.

   The Moringa peregrina kernel contains 1.8% moisture, 54.3% oil,22.1% protein, 3.6% fiber, 15.3% carbohydrate and 2.5% ash. The plant contains antibacterial principles, spirochin and pterygospermin. The leaves contain nitrile glycosides, niazirin and niazirinin and mustard oil glycosides. The roots also possess the pterygospermin, Spirochin and benzylisothiocyanate. In July 1995 Rubeena saleem published that ethanolic extraction of M. oleifera leaves contain 23 compounds such as Niaziminin A & B, Niazicinin A, Niazimicin A & B, Niazicin A & B, Niazinin A & B, Niazimin A & B, Naringenin etc.