Moringa

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prop. n.1.(Bot.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of Moringa aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Researchers in this 2018 study published in the African Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics had said that Moringa oleifera tea may be an adjunct in the treatment of depression.
Teodoro said that Marikina's Nutribun is made up of malunggay (Moringa oleifera), squash, eggs and flour, which are all healthy and their nutritional content are appropriate to growing children.
[USPRwire, Thu Aug 15 2019] Ben oil, commonly known as moringa oil, as extracted from the moringa oleifera seeds.
[ClickPress, Fri Aug 16 2019] Ben oil, commonly known as moringa oil, as extracted from the moringa oleifera seeds.
The project seeks to provide plantlets to each household in the region as part of a local economic development initiative, and households will be provided with five different fruit plants such as guava, mango and lemon, as well as a Moringa oleifera tree.
SAVE AQUATIC LIFE In third place were Wincate Wawira and Linet Waithira of Siakago Girls Secondary (Embu County) for their water purification using Moringa oleifera seeds project.
LAHORE -- Qaneta Irfan, a student of the Chemistry Department of the Lahore College for Women University (LCWU), has made a herbal tea using Moringa Oleifera leaves.The leaves of Moringa Oleifera are rich in minerals like beta-carotene of Vitamin A; Vitamin B such as folic acid, pyridoxine and nicotinic acid; vitamin C; D and E.
'Moringa seeds are obtained from the pods of the Moringa plant (Moringa Oleifera) or the drumstick tree, native to Northern India.
He said that Moringa Oleifera seed oil is beneficial for protecting hair against free radicals and keeps it clean and healthy.
The malunggay tree known as the moringa oleifera (simply referred to as moringa for short) has an economic life span of 30 to 50 years.
There are fourteen species belonging to the moringa family (genus), however two amongst them are commercially cultivated and harvested: the Moringa oleifera originating from India and the Moringa stenopetala, or African Moringa, that originates from Ethiopia and Kenya.
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