Moringa oleifera Lam. A truly miracle tree belongs to family Moringaceae, is a medium sized tree. The Moringa tree have spread to most part of Asia, nearly the whole of Africa, South America, southern part of North America and some pockets in Europe. The M oleifera plant provides a rich and rare combination of zeatin, quercetin, β-sitosterol, and kaempferol. It is found to display a wide variety of pharmacological activities. The flowers of M. oleifera have stimulant, aphrodisiac,

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... cholagogue property. Leaves are Purgative, applied as poultice to sores, used for piles, fevers, sore throat, bronchitis, scurvy and catarrh. Root contains laxative, abortifacient, vesicant, carminative, anti-inflammatory. Stem bark is Rubefacient, vesicant and used to cure eye diseases and for the treatment of delirious patients prevent. Traditionally, the plant is used as antispasmodic, stimulant, expectorant and diuretic. The present article describes various traditional and medicinal importance of the plant. Such herbal drug may provide potential effect as of compared to the conventional available synthetic drugs, with less or no side effects. The present review summarizes the referential information on this plant in order to provide current knowledge for future works. It also includes some of the pharmacological activities of Moringa oleifera