Moringa: Source of nutrition and health benefits
Moringa is an advantageous plant with tremendous source of nutrients that has been already recognized in the society. Now it is the need to popularize this plant. The plant is scientifically known as Moringa oeilifera Lamm. belongs to family Moringinaceae and order – Brassicales, in dicotyledonous angiosperms. Fortunately, it has immense environmental adaptations that lives about 20 years and reaches a height of 5 to 10 m in a short period of time, reaching 4 m in 6 months. Commonly it is known as drum stick, horse radish tree, ben oil tree, sehjan, sondna, etc (1).