Thai Herbs Plus: Horse Radish Tree

		English name: Horse -radish Tree, Moringa, or Drumstick Tree Thai name: Ma Rhoom Botanical name: Moringa Oleifera Lamk. Family name: Moringaceae







Description: This is a kind of medium sized tree, normally about 3-10 meter high. Its leaf has an alternate, ovate, and oblong shape. It has white or yellowish white flowers, similar to the tamarind flowers. It has long pods. As one of the fastest-growing of all trees, it can grow to about three meters in height, just 10 months after the seed is planted; the tree thus can propagate in every part of Thailand.







It is surprising that people across the country enjoy eating its flowers, young pods as well as young leaves as a kind of vegetable mix in sour soup or curry. The best and only time to eat this kind of vegetable, especially its pod is in November, December and January since it is the season for its pods. The pods, about 30 cm long, 3 cm broad, are often called 'drumsticks'. Its root has distinctive pungent taste.


Indications: The edible parts from its horseradish-tasting roots, young leaves, pods and flowers are all rich in calcium, phophorus, vitamin A and C, protein, iron, potassium, magnesium, and several other vitamins and minerals. Its seeds contain an antimicrobial constituent.

Parts of Its Medical Uses:	a) Its flowers help urination and used as health tonic.
	b) The oil from its antipyretic, acrid and bitter seeds is applied in rheumatism and gout.


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	Thai Medicinal Plant Index (In Alphabetical Order)
Common Names:	Thai Names:		Botanical Names:	Family Names:
African Marigold Aloe Asiatic Pennyworth Bael Fruit Tree Bitter Cucumber - Cassod Tree Finger Root Galangal Garcinia Cambogia Ginger Green Tea Guava - Holy Basil Horse Radish Tree Leech Lime Lime Malva Nut Mangosteen Myrobalan Wood Pepper Pineapple Pomegranate Sesban Siam Cardamon Soap Pod Stevia Sweet Basil Tamarind Turmeric Zedoary	Daao Reuuang Waan Haang Jarakheh Buaa Bohk Madtuum Mara Khee Nohk Baawrapaeht Kheelek Grachaay Khaa Sohm Khaaeg Khing Chaa Khiaao Farang Hanoomaan Bprasaan Gaay Ga Prao Ma Rhoom Magruut Manaao Sahmraawng Mangkhoot Samaaw Thai Prik Thai Sapbparoht Thap Thim Khaae Grawaan Sohm Bpaawy Yaa Waan Horapaa Ma Khaam Khamin Chan Khamin Aawy	Tagetes Erecta Linn. Aloe Barbadensis Centella Asiatica Urban Aegle Marmelos Corr. Momordica Charantia Linn. Tinospora crispa (Linn.) Miers ex Hook.f.et Thomas. Cassia Siamea Lamk. Boesenbergia Rotunda Mansf. Alpinia Nigra B. L. Burtt Garcinia Atroviridis Griff. Zingiber officinale Rosc. Garcinia Atroviridis Griff. Psidium Guajava Linn. Schefflera Leucantha Viguier Ocimum Tenuiflorum Linn. Moringa Oleifera Lamk. Citrus Hystrix DC. Citrus Aurantifolia Scaphium Macropodum Beaum. Garcinia Mangostana Linn. Termiinalia chebula Retz. Piper Nigrum Linn. Ananas Comosus Merr. Punica Granatum Linn . Sesbania Grandiflora (Linn.) Pers. Amomum Krervanh Pierre Acacia concinna (Willd.) DC. Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni Ocimum Basilicum Linn. Tamarindus indica Linn. Curcuma Longa Linn. Curcuma Zedoaria (Berg.) Rosc.		Asteraceae Aloaceae Apiaceae Rutaceae Cucurbitaceae Menispermaceae Fabaceae Zingiberaceae Zingiberaceae Guttiferae Zingiberaceae Guttiferae Myrtaceae Araliaceae Lamiaceae Moringaceae Rutaceae Rutaceae Sterculiaceae Clusiaceae Combretaceae Piperaceae Bromeliaceae Punicaceae Fabaceae Zingiberaceae Fabaceae Asteraceae Lamiaceae Fabaceae Zingiberaceae Zingiberaceae