Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Moringa pterygosperma
Scientific Name and Description
Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Hyperanthera moringa VAHL
Moringa pterygosperma GAERTN
Moringa pterygosperma GAERTN
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Sahijan , hargua, mungana, mungna, rasunna, sahanjna, sahijan, sahinjan, sahjan, sainjana, sainjna, sajna, sanan suhanjua, sanan suhanjuna, sanjana, sanjano, sanjna, saonjna, sargua, saunjna, segu, segva, segve, shajna, shajnah, shajnah or shajna, soanjana, soanjna, soanjna shevga, sondna, soujna, sunara |
| Marathi | Sahijan ,achajhada, badadishing, moshimg, munaga chajhada, munagacha-jhad, munagachajhada, mungai, murungamul, sainga, shegat, shegata, shegta, shegva, shevaga, shevga, shevgi |
| Tamil | Moringa ,achuram, asasuram, cikkuru, copancanam, karunjanam, kaykkirai, kilavi, kirancanam, kiranjanam, moorunghy vayr, moringa, murangai, murungai, murunkai, sikkuru, suligai, tavuselam |
| Telugu | Munaga ,erra munaga, kaarumunaga, mocakamu, mochakamu, monaga, monagaku, moonagachettu, mooraga, morunga, mulaga, mulaga chettu, mulage, mulaka, munaga, munaga chettu, munga, munuga, murunga, saajana, saihan, sajana, seetavrykshamu, sejan, sigrupa, sitavrykshamu, tellamunaga, thellamanuka |
| Kannada | Nugge, guggala, guggula, guggulu, mocaka, mochaka, mochaka mara, murunga, noogay, nuggaykoy, nugge, nugge mara, nugge-gida, nuggee, nuggi, nurge |
| English | ben nut, drumsticks, horse-radish tree |
| Malayalam | mooringeh, mouringou, murina, muringa, murinna, murunna, sigru, tishnagandha |
| Sanskrit | akshiba, aksiva, bahala, bahala-pallavah, bahalah, bahulapallava, bahumula, bahupatraka, chaksushya, chalusha, damsamula, danshamula, dravinaandhata, dvishigru, dvisigru, gandhaka, haritapatra, haritashaka, jalaproya, janapriya, kakshivaka, kalibaka, kaminisha, katukanda, komalpatraka, krishnagandha, krishnashigru, krsnagandha, kshamadansha, madhugunjana, madhushigruka, madhusigru, madhusravah, mechaka, mocaka, mocha, mochaka, mukhabhanga, mukhamlda, mulakaparni, murangi, murungi, nashana, rochana, ruchiranjana, saigravam, sanamaka, sanbhanjana, shakapatra, shigru, shigruka, shobhanjana, shobhanjana- vrikshaha, shobhataka, sigroomula, sigru, sigruh, sigruka, sitavhaya, sobhanjana, sobhanjanah, sobhanjari, strichittahari, subhanjana, sumula, supatraka, sutikshna, svetamaricha, svetashigru, swetamaricha, tikshnamula, tikshnanandhaka, tiksnagandha, tilashigru, ugra, upadansha, vanapallava, vejika, vidradhinashana |
| Tibetan | na le sam dkar po, si kru dkar po, si-gru |
| Urdu | sahajna |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Bark
Leaves
Ethnopharmacology use
Moringa pterygosperma Gaerth. Moringaceae Murungai maram Tree Leaves and Bark Juice High blood pressure and Hypolipidemic
Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. Tree Bark, leaves Labour pains; gynaecological disorders Women; pregnant women Xavier et al. 2014
References
Literature
Literature
Xavier et al. 2014
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)