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KELOR LEAVES(Moringa oleifera L.)

• Kingdom : Plantae• Division : Magnoliophyta• Class : Magnoliopsida• Order : Brassicales• Family : Moringaceae• Genus : Moringa• Species : Moringa

oleifera L.

Classification

Moringa oleifera is is native to the sub-Himalayan tracts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

This rapidly-growing tree also known as the horseradish tree, drumstick tree, benzolive tree, kelor, marango, mlonge, moonga, mulangay, nébéday, saijhan, sajna or Ben oil tree

The tree has height of 12 m with a diameter of 30 cm.

CHARACTERISTICS

• Kelor leaves have a characteristic plant finned imperfect, small, egg-shaped, at the fingertips, have a green color to brownish green, round circular shape of eggs or egg upside down, length 1-3 cm, width 4 mm to 1 cm, blunt leaf tip, leaf base rounded, flat leaf edge.

CHARACTERISTICS

Kelor leaves are rich in compounds containing the simple sugar, rhamnose, and it is rich in a

fairly unique group of compounds called glucosinolates and isothiocyanates.

It can be concluded that kelor leaves contain more vitamin A than carrots, more calcium than milk, more iron than spinach, more vitamin C than oranges, and more potassium than bananas. The leaves are also free of antinutritive factors such as phenols, tannins and saponins.

Moringa oleifera leaves also rich in source of protein, vitamin C, calcium and potassium, carotenoids (including β-carotene or pro-vitamin A), and act as a good source of natural antioxidants

APPLICATION• India and Africa Moringa use to fight

malnutrition. • The immature green pods can be

cooked like peas or roasted like nuts. • Moringa leaves cooked and used like

spinach• Dried and powdered for use as

a condiment in making soups and sauces.

APPLICATION

• Kelor leaves and roots boiled with water to treat rheumatism diseases, infections and eliminate interference urine (ureter smooth) and venereal disease.

• As a stimulus, old kelor/moringa seeds mixed with nutmeg to be destroyed powder, then mixed with water, then drink it.

PRODUCTS

REFERENCES• Jed W. Fahey, Moringa oleifera: A Review of the

Medical Evidence for Its Nutritional, Therapeutic, and Prophylactic Properties. Part 1. Sc.D., Trees for Life Journal 2005, 1:5

• Titi Mutiara K, Harijono, Teti Estiasih, Endang Sriwahyuni, Nutrient Content of Kelor (Moringa oleifera Lamk) Leaves Powder under Different Blanching Methods, Food and Public Health 2012, 2(6): 296-300

• Bose, C.K., 2007, Possible role of Moringa Oleifera L. root in epithelial ovarian cancer, MedGenMed, 9(1): 26.