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Moringa oleifera Der Wunderbaum

Moringa

• leifera

the miracle tree

Why do we call Moringa

• leifera a miracle tree?

First, because of its nutritional properties

The leaves contain

• Vitamins
• Protein
• Minerals

Moringa leaves contain

Source: Trees for Life www.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 leaves 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 Acids

mg per 100g Moringa leaf powder Fresh 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
• r bags and keep in

a dry, dark place.

Moringa leaf powder

Then it is ready for use

As here, with under- nourished children, in Adi,

• D. R. Congo

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
• melettes 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 oleifera every 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

• ne

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

• r 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

• leifera is a miracle tree?

Moringa stenopetala

There are other very important moringa trees.

• M. Stenopetala

grows in Ethiopia. It has similar properties to M.

• leifera.

Moringa stenopetala…

is also used as a vegetable. The tree is bigger than M.

• leifera – leaves,

pods, seeds, everything. But it has not been so thoroughly researched.

Moringa oleifera

Thank you!