Called the tree of life

So what do you do with this tree? Eat it??

Have you got a link to a picture to see what it looks like?

I have never heard of a plant species with a protein factor of 42%. A picture of it would definitely be helpful. Thanks for the info. Maybe replace the plantains with this plant and the brain issues might slowly get resolved.

Would be very interested in acquiring cutting to plant.

you can eat leaves, seeds, pods and roots. but the protein content is not that high: about 9gr (per 100) in a leaf and 2 in pods.
here is a link to wiki: Moringa oleifera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

pictures:

and:

wow! calcium 125%? awesome.Now what do you do,brew the leaves to make tea? I would
love to plant one in my garden.

Tree of Life

mart1n said:

I saw people selling branches of this tree in the streets in Santo Domingo.
Flor de libertad o Moringa Latin name Moringa oleifera
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According to wikipedia: Tree of Life

I just read it on wikipedia and the leaves are cooked like spinach.They can be dried and crushed to add
to soups and stews.

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Dominican Today Article

Nagua, Dominican Republic.- The boom in sales unleashed by reports of the health benefits of the plant Moringa or libertad (freedom), known for its protein content, and medicinal properties among other attributes has sparked hope in and around the Atlantic coast city,
The plant, which has piqued interest locally and abroad, spurred various business leaders to launch scientific research on its properties and its potential as a profitable crop.
Local and foreign researchers, university teams and health officials have been visiting the Linda Vista section in the town of Baoba del Pi?al, where several farmers own dozens of acres of Moringa plants to look into its reported benefits.
Among recent visitors figure representatives from the University of Hiroshima and the Santo Domingo State University (UASD), as well as prominent researchers such as Dr. Ruben Wernir, who operates labs which industrialize natural essential oils for foods
Nagua, Dominican Republic.- The boom in sales unleashed by reports of the health benefits of the plant Moringa or libertad (freedom), known for its protein content, and medicinal properties among other attributes has sparked hope in and around the Atlantic coast city,
The plant, which has piqued interest locally and abroad, spurred various business leaders to launch scientific research on its properties and its potential as a profitable crop.
Local and foreign researchers, university teams and health officials have been visiting the Linda Vista section in the town of Baoba del Pi?al, where several farmers own dozens of acres of Moringa plants to look into its reported benefits.
Among recent visitors figure representatives from the University of Hiroshima and the Santo Domingo State University (UASD), as well as prominent researchers such as Dr. Ruben Wernir, who operates labs which industrialize natural essential oils for foods

Nagua, Dominican Republic.- The boom in sales unleashed by reports of the health benefits of the plant Moringa or libertad (freedom), known for its protein content, and medicinal properties among other attributes has sparked hope in and around the Atlantic coast city,
The plant, which has piqued interest locally and abroad, spurred various business leaders to launch scientific research on its properties and its potential as a profitable crop.
Local and foreign researchers, university teams and health officials have been visiting the Linda Vista section in the town of Baoba del Pi?al, where several farmers own dozens of acres of Moringa plants to look into its reported benefits.
Among recent visitors figure representatives from the University of Hiroshima and the Santo Domingo State University (UASD), as well as prominent researchers such as Dr. Ruben Wernir, who operates labs which industrialize natural essential oils for foods

miesposo says there are plenty of those trees in DR. apparently it has become very popular and people are looking for it. i will try to locate it in POP and see how it tastes

The article is in DR1 News and the original is in the Listin Diario.

Apparently this is being grown in industrial quantities in the area around Nagua.

My daughter's father in law is a well known expert in natural medicine (Ing. Nelson Rodriguez) and he spent some time this morning telling me about it. There are pills, creams, and oils as well. This is an interesting plant if it is 25% as wonderful as presented.

It is in the diet of Cuban school children..

HB

I took capsules 3 times a day for 2 weeks and it gave me the jitters. However, I've known others who swear by it,
especially for diabetes. It grows very well here. Some is growing around the turistica road (ruta panoramica as it's called now).
Not much taste to it, but packed full of nutrients. I have some left if anyone wants some in capsules, ground leaves.
Ground in a coffee grinder....

It is a favorite vegetables for the people living in southern parts of India and Srilanka. It is widely cultivated for its pods. It is highly tastier and has very good aroma. Some of my friends brought here good variety of seeds to grow and ship from DR. But the climate is not suitable for getting good quality pods. But the leaves are very good. Leaves are usually stir fried. It is not recommended to eat the leaves for the dinner because it is very hard to digest. It is prohibited by APHIS to ship to US. But in Hawaii, it is grown for leaves and shipped to Canada.
In country medicine its gum and flowers are used as aphrodisiac. We used to cook and our local friends used to ridicule earliar but gradually they developed a taste for it.

Can you smoke it?

My boss started a moringa farm a year ago.. They actually sell moringa in capsules. They dry the leaves, and ground them and fill capsules. I have a problem with thinning hair, I started taking 9 capsules a day 3 capsules 3x's a day and within 3 weeks my hair was growing in and my nails were strong.. was crazy.. I ran out of the capsules.. I have some on the way and will restart it. My boss lives in Barahona and if you are interested you can pm me for his email i'm not sure how he is selling them..

Jen

what i saw in jose luis today:

Like most of these things, in small quantities the amount of energy put into picking, preparing, producing something worth eating for the energy (which is what people presume these things would be good for, the poor with not enough goodness in their diet) exceeds the quantity of goodness you get out of them.great on industrial scale, but counter productive on a domestic scale.