IDENTIFICATION OF AZADIRACHTA INDICA JUSS AS A MEDICINAL PLANT

(a) IDENTIFICATION

Local name: Dogoyaro

Common name: Neem.

Botanical name: Azadiraclta indica

Family: Meliaceae

Habitat: Rainforest  

(b) MORPHOLOGY           

Habit: It is a deiccluous tree of about 60mtall and about 1.5m in

diameter, it has widely spreading b ranches which forms flattered crown. The bark is dark reddish brown in colour. The inner bark is whitish and bitter, leaves are pinnate. Flowers are long stalked. Fruits are berries, smooth yellow in colour.

(c) UTILIZATION

The leaves are collected together with mango, guava and cooked with Citrus aurantifolia .A dosage one cup is taken every morning for the cure of malaria of fever. The young stem or root mixed with palm oil is chewed for the prevention and treatment of stomach ache and worms.

 

(d) CONSERVATION