Common names (English):

Ben Oil Tree, Drumstick tree, Horseradish tree, Oil of ben tree.

Local name (Kannada):

Habit: Tree

Distribution:

Cultivated throughout the tropics.

Use: Edible/ Medicinal.

Description:

Small trees; branchlets lenticellate. Leaves tri-pinnate, to 50 cm, long, pinnae and pinnules opposite, rachis thickened; leaflets oblong, obtuse at apex. Panicles axillary, tomentose; flowers white. Petals spathulate, unequal. Fertile stamens 5. Pod to 80 cm, 9-ribbed; seeds winged.

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