ABSTRACT
This chapter provides information on the uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors of Horseradish-Tree. Thickened root used as substitute for horseradish. Foliage eaten as greens, in salads, in vegetable curries, as pickles and for seasoning. Leaves pounded up and used for scrubbing utensils and for cleaning walls. Flowers are said to make a satisfactory vegetable. The root decoction is used in Nicaragua for dropsy. Root juice is applied externally as rubefacient or counter-irritant. Leaves applied as poultice to sores, rubbed on the temples for headaches, and said to have purgative properties. Horseradish-tree is grown locally in India, Sri Lanka, and elsewhere, and is consumed as a local product, either ripe or unripe. Moringa is reported to tolerate bacteria, drought, fungus, laterite, mycobacteria, and sand. Fruitflies have infested the fruits which then dried out at the tip and rotted.
