Is Any Tree As Useful As a Neem?; Hardy `Village Pharmacy' May Solve Many Woes From: The Washington Post | Date: February 17, 1992| Author: Boyce Rensberger | Copyright 1992 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Consider the neem tree, a tropical species best known in India. If there could be but one answer to the world's problems, some scientists believe, it could well be this graceful member of the mahogany family.

In fact, according to an enthusiastic report issued earlier this month by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the neem tree "seems to be one of the most promising of all plants and may eventually benefit every person on the planet."

Extracts of neem seeds and leaves c...