Georgetown & its suburbs: Trees 7 - Our neems, the medicinal tree

Many in penang do not know that we have rows and rows of pharmacies in our city, lining up our roads in the form of our Neem trees. The leaves, bark, fruits and roots of these trees also known as Margosa trees, have been used in India as medicine for more than 2,000 years.



Known as the village phramacy, the tree had been the mainstay of indian ayurvedic medicine. Recently the European and US companies tried to patent on it. however, the Indian government sued and won, resulting in the patents being withdrawn. Thank God.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem