Latin Name: Moringa Oleifera Lam. Family: Moringaceae Common Name: Sajana, sobhanjan English name: horse radish; drum stickHabitatAbundantly found in plains, forests and hills. Tribal peoples of Orissa planted this plant in their backyards. Native to India, Arabia, and possibly Africa and the East Indies; widely cultivated and naturalized in tropical Africa, tropical America, Sri Lanka, India, Mexico, Malabar, Malaysia and the Philippine Islands