| Synonym : | M. pterigosperma Gaertn.
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| Bangla Name : | Sajna, Sajina. ,Dain Tho Rai (Marma). |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Moringaceae |
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| Disease : | Antiscorbutic, stimulant, carminative, stomachic, diuretic, laxative , expectorant, fevers, bronchitis, piles, epilepsy, hysteria , chronic rheumatism, astringent, abortifacient , anthelmintic, , inflammation , heart , pain, anthelmintic and gastric. |
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| Description : | A small or medium deciduous tree, with corky bark. Leaves usually 3-pinnate, up to 45 cm long, leaflets 12-20 mm long, lateral elliptic, the terminal obovate. Flowers white, in large puberulous panicles. Pods up to 45 cm long, cylindric, 9-ribbed. |
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| Distribution : | Cultivated throughout Bangladesh in homestead. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Bark of the trunk yields a tragacanth-like gum which contains bassorin, ?-sitosterol, enzyme and sugars, arabinose, galactose, dextrose, glucuronic acid and also traces of rhamnose. Root bark contains two alkaloids, moringine and moringinine, also benil, |
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| Uses : | Stem bark is used as antiscorbutic. The fresh root is stimulant, carminative, stomachic, diuretic, laxative and expectorant, used in paralytic affections, intermittent fevers, bronchitis, piles, epilepsy and hysteria and consider a valuable rubefacient in |
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| Habit : | Tree |
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