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MORlNGACE^l.Nat. syst.ed. 2. p. 65.MORINGA.216. M. aptera Gcertn. ii. 315. DC. prodr.ii. 478. Decaisnein ann. sc. n. s. iv. 203. t. 6. M. zeylanica Delile ft. eg. Balanusmyrepsica Belon, obs. 126. (ed. fr. 1553). Sennaar inUpper Egypt ; Palestine ;cultivated at Cairo.A tree resembling a willow. Petioles leafless, long, deflexed, graceful,with 3 pair of similar opposite petiolules, having smooth stipitateglands between the pairs; leaflets in very young plants obovate, oroblong, obtuse, glaucous. Fruit obtusely triangular, furrowed, torulose,rostrate. Seeds roundish, or somewhat 3-cornered, turbinate, wingless.From the seed is obtained by pressure the oil of Ben, muchused by perfumers as the basis of various scents, and by watchmakers,because it does not readily freeze. The seeds are acrid and have beenemployed in fevers and also as rubefacients.217- The Mouringon of Rheede vi. f. 11 or Moringa pterygosperma,is commonly cultivated in India for the leaves, flowers,and tender seed vessels, which are eaten by the natives in theircurries. The seeds do not appear to be pressed for oil. Decaisne.103

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