Moringa oleifera Lam.

Scientific Names

Moringa oleifera Lam.

Region name
Aceh: Murong
Malay: Kelor
Minangkabau: Munggai
Lampung: Kilor
Sunda: Kelor
Central Java: Kelor
Madura: Marongghi
Bali: Kelor
Bima: Parongge
Sumba: Kawona
Buru: Kirol
Ternate: Kelo
Tidore: Kelo
botany

Synonym: Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. N. W.
classification

Division: Spermatophyta
Sub Division: Angiospermae
Class: Dicotyledonae
Nation: Brassicales
Tribe: Moringaceae
Marga: Moringa
Type: Moringa oleifera Lam.
The characteristics

Habitus: A tree, height + 8 m.
Stem: woody, round, branched, black spots, dirty white.
Leaves: Compound, 20-60 cm long, leaflets oval, flat edge, tip curved, odd pinnate, green.
Interest: Compound, panicle shape, location in the armpit leaves, 10-30 cm long, leaves nijau petals, stamens and pistil of a small, white crown, white.
Fruit: Pods, 20-45 cm long, containing 15-25 seeds, blackish brown.
Seeds: Round, three-winged, black.
Roots: riding, dirty white.
Chemical Ingredients

Roots, leaves and bark of Moringa contains saponins and polifenol.di addition bark also contains alkaloids and the leaves also contain essential oils.
property

Moringa roots efficacious as drug seizures, drug gum bleeding, irregular menstruation drug and headache medicine. The leaves are efficacious as a medicine shortness of breath, gout and berries, seeds as a cure nausea.

Drugs used for seizures ± 25 grams of root fresh moringa, washed, plus 1 / 4 grams of salt and 1 / 4 cup water, crushed and squeezed. Results juice rubbed on the seizures.