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Moringa oleifera Lam. - syn.Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn.; Guilandina moringa L. - Moringaceae
horseradish tree, ben (oil) tree, West Indian ben, Meerrettichbaum

Tree, up to 12m igh, native to India and Pakisten, naturalized and cultivated in tropics (Africa eg); leaves alternate, tripinnately imparipinnate, leaflets elliptic; flowers white, honey scented; fruit a 9-ribbed pendulous pod, up to 45cm long.
„The root is a substitute for horse-radish and used by Anglo-Indians in medicines as a vesicant. Flowers and immature fruits are eaten in curries and are said to be a good rubefacient. Several parts of the plant are used in native medicines and an oil known as Ben oil is extracted from the seeds and used by watch makers as a lubricant in fine machinery. The branches are often lopped for fodder.“
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200009759

„Various parts of this plant such as the leaves, roots, seed, bark, fruit, flowers and immature pods act as cardiac and circulatory stimulants, possess antitumor, antipyretic, antiepileptic, antiinflammatory, antiulcer, antispasmodic, diuretic, antihypertensive, cholesterol lowering, antioxidant, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, antibacterial and antifungal activities, and are being employed for the treatment of different ailments in the indigenous system of medicine, particularly in South Asia.“
[Moringa oleifera: a food plant with multiple medicinal uses., Anwar, F., Latif, S., Ashraf, M., Gilani, A. H., Phytotherapy research, Vol.21(1), 2007, 17-25]
http://theenergizedbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/multiplemedicalpurposes1.pdf

„Moringa oleifera Lam. contains a unique combination of isothiocyanate and glucosinolates. The effectiveness of the moringa plant in treating ovarian cancer became evident after the publication of recent studies demonstrating that benzyl isothiocyanate (BITC) and phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) induce apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells in vitro…
Moringa oleifera can interfere with hormone receptor-related and neoplastic growth-related cytokine pathways via centrally acting mechanisms. It appears to have a tremendous effect on G protein-linked signal transduction system as well.“
[Possible role of Moringa oleifera Lam. root in epithelial ovarian cancer., Bose, C.K., Medscape General Medicine, Vol.9(1), 2007, 26]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1924986/

Moringa oleifera Lam. [as Guilandina moringa L.]
Jacquin, N.J. von, Icones plantarum rariorum, vol. 3: t. 461 (1786-1793)
http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=681147