Herb. No. 152 · Moringaceae
Northwest Indian dry-forest tree, planted across the tropical belt.
Native · South Asia
Native Also grown
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Moringa
Moringa oleifera
The drumstick tree — a tropical leaf-and-pod crop sold as a miracle, and honestly just a very good green.
Moringa is a fast West Asian and African tree whose leaf is a cooked green and whose long pods are a vegetable. Traditional South Asian use is as food first. Powdered-leaf marketing outran the kitchen. Culinary leaf and pod are the path. Root has a horseradish bite and a stronger, less food-like record.
Flavor
Leaf is spinach-peanut, a little matcha. Pod is asparagus-bean. Seed oil is bland and fine.
Parts used
Leaf · Young pod
Helpful
- A true food tree in heat
- Fast from seed
Cautions
- Not frost-hardy
- Root is not a salad
- Supplements outrun the soup