moringa oleifera der wunderbaum moringa oleifera the miracle tree
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Moringa oleiferaDer WunderbaumMoringa oleifera
the miracle tree
Why do we call Moringa oleifera a miracle tree?
First, because of its nutritional properties
The leaves contain
• Vitamins
• Protein
• Minerals
Moringa leaves contain
Source: Trees for Lifewww.treesforlife.org
Moringa oleifera contains
Per 100g Moringa leaf powder
Fresh leaves
Calories 205.0 92
Protein (g) 27.1 6.7
Fat (g) 2.3 1.7
Carbohydrate (g) 38.2 12.5
Fibre (g) 19.2 0.9
Source: Fuglie, Lowell J., ed. The Miracle Tree: Moringa oleifera: Natural Nutrition for the Tropics. Training Manual. 2001. Church World Service, Dakar, Senegal.
<www.moringatrees.org/moringa/ miracletree.html>, May 2002.
Moringa oleifera: Minerals
Per100g Moringa leaf powder
Fresh leaves
Ca (mg) 2.003 440
Mg (mg) 368 42
P (mg) 204 70
K (mg) 1.324 259
Cu (mg) 0,6 0,07
Fe (mg) 28 0,85
Moringa oleifera: Vitamins
mg Moringa leaf powder
Fresh leavesr
Vitamin A - B carotene 16.3 6.78
Vitamin B1 - thiamin 2.6 0.06
Vitamin B2 - riboflavin 20.5 0.05
Vitamin B3 - nicotinic acid 8.2 0.8
Vitamin C - ascorbic acid 17.3 220
Vitamin E - tocopherol acetate 113.0 k.A.
Essential Amino Acidsmg per 100g Moringa leaf
powderFresh leaves
Arginine 1325 406
Histidine 613 150
Isoleucine 825 300
Leucine 1950 492
Lysine 1325 342
Methionine 350 118
Phenylalanine 1388 310
Threonine 1188 118
Tryptophan 425 107
Valine 1063 375
Moringa leaf powder
How do we make moringa leaf powder??
1. Pick the leaves.
2. Wash them in salt water and then again in fresh water.
3. Dry them in the shade.
Moringa leaf powder
4. When they are completely dry, pound them.
5. Rub them through a sieve.
Moringa leaf powder
6. Store in labelled jars or bags and keep in a dry, dark place.
Moringa leaf powderThen it is ready for use
As here, with
under-
nourished
children,
in Adi,
D. R. Kongo
Use moringa leaf powder
especially with …
• undernourished children
• pregnant women
• breast feeding mothers
• AIDS Patients
And how?
Mix one heaped
teaspoonful three times a day into the
food.
Simple!
Side effects
All are positive! For example:
• Diarrhoea ceases.
• Fungal infections on the skin disappear.
• Diabetes is stabilised.
• Anaemia improves.
• Tummy problems are helped.
One may also use the flowers
As tea to treat colds. In
omelettes they taste like
mushrooms.
Caution: flowers may prevent conception, and if used during
pregnancy they may cause abortion
And also the pods
When they are young, cook the pods as a vegetable.
When older, cook the white seeds like peas.
Take Moringa oleiferaevery day with the meals. Used together with Artemisia annua anamed tea, it can be just as effective as anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, but without the usual side-effects.
Also use with HIV/AIDS
Patients
Use moringa to purify water
For 20 litres of water one needs 10 seeds
Procedure
1. Remove the shells.
2. Pound the white seeds.
3. Put the pounded seeds into a soda bottle with a little clean water and shake vigorously for 5 minutes.
4. Pour through a sieve
5. Stir slowly for 15 minutes
6. and wait!
In Kendu Bay, on the shores of Lake Victoria
it really was like a miracle.
Heavy rains had caused the lake water to turn brown.
After using moringa seeds, we could drink tea made with lake water – and taste the tea!
Almost every part is useful
• Leaves
• Flowers
• Seeds
• Roots
• Pods
Where does this tree grow?
• In tropical and sub-tropical semi-arid climates up to a height of about 1500 m.
• Where the rainfall lies between 250 and 3000 mm per year
• On light clay or sandy soils.• Even where droughts occur• And even where short term flooding occurs.
Everyone should plant many moringa trees!
Sow the seeds in good earth or damp paper
Set up a nursery!
like here in Bassar, Togo
Make a hedge, or a plantation
• Transplant into good earth in a large hole.
• Put a lot of compost in the hole and then cover the ground with mulch.
Constantly trim the
branches!
in order to produce the maximum amount of leaves and seeds!
In tropical climates the trees can be cut back 7 or 8 times a year. In a plantation one can produce up to 120 tons of dry leaves per
hectare and year!Source: Prof. Dr. K. Becker, University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim
Can you now believe that Moringa oleifera is a miracle tree?
Moringa stenopetala
There are other very important moringa trees.
M. Stenopetala grows in Ethiopia.
It has similar properties to M. oleifera.
Moringa stenopetala…is also used as a vegetable.
The tree is bigger than M. oleifera – leaves, pods, seeds, everything.
But it has not been so thoroughly researched.
Moringa oleifera
Thank you!
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