Transcript Moringa oleifera Der Wunderbaum

Moringa oleifera
Der Wunderbaum
Moringa
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 Life
www.treesforlife.org
Moringa oleifera contains
Per 100g
Calories
Protein (g)
Fat (g)
Carbohydrate (g)
Fibre (g)
Moringa leaf
powder
205.0
27.1
2.3
38.2
19.2
Fresh leaves
92
6.7
1.7
12.5
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)
Mg (mg)
P (mg)
K (mg)
Cu (mg)
Fe (mg)
2.003
368
204
1.324
0,6
28
440
42
70
259
0,07
0,85
Moringa oleifera: Vitamins
mg
Vitamin A - B carotene
Vitamin B1 - thiamin
Vitamin B2 - riboflavin
Vitamin B3 - nicotinic acid
Vitamin C - ascorbic acid
Vitamin E - tocopherol acetate
Moringa leaf Fresh
powder
leavesr
16.3
6.78
2.6
0.06
20.5
0.05
8.2
0.8
17.3
220
113.0
k.A.
Essential Amino Acids
mg per 100g
Arginine
Histidine
Isoleucine
Leucine
Lysine
Methionine
Phenylalanine
Threonine
Tryptophan
Valine
Moringa leaf
powder
1325
613
825
1950
1325
350
1388
1188
425
1063
Fresh leaves
406
150
300
492
342
118
310
118
107
375
Moringa leaf powder
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3.
How do we make
moringa leaf
powder??
Pick the leaves.
Wash them in
salt water and
then again in
fresh water.
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 powder
Then it is ready for use
As here, with
undernourished
children,
in Adi,
D. R. Kongo
Use moringa leaf powder
especially with …
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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.
Also use with
HIV/AIDS
Patients
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.
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
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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.
Thank you!
Moringa oleifera