Bi Khadija Rajab, USAID contractor for the Tanzania Agriculture Productivity Program gave lectures about the astonishing Moringa tree at the DADA cooperatives in Matemwe.
Bi Khadija Rajab, Senior Harvest and Hostharvest officer, gives a lecture to the DADA cooperatives about Moringa trees
Moringa oleifera – known as mronge in Swahili and the Horse radish tree in English – is a fast growing, hot climate, small tree native to India, Malaysia and the Middle East that was introduced into East Africa in the early 1900’s and is now naturalised in many areas.
DADA cooperatives plant Moringa trees in Matemwe
It is a very useful tree, easy to establish and adaptable to a wide range of sites in the hotter areas of East Africa being both drought tolerant and able to withstand temperatures up to 40º C. It is used as food for both human consumption and animal feed, produces oil from the seeds that can be sold, is very good bee forage, and is a useful medicine for treating skin ailments.
Bi Jabu Nyange with Moringa cutting
It can be grown as a crop or used as an agroforestry tree as it assists in erosion control and has only light shade which is not detrimental to adjacent crops. The seeds also contain an ingredient in the kernel that will purify dirty water of both soil and bacterial contamination.
Moringa cuttings after three weeks
DADA uses the extremely nutritious dried and ground Moringa leaves as a supplement in our Tagliatelle Moringa and as an addition for soaps for its power to prevent skin infections. Moringa trees, once abundant and widely used for fencing, as animal fodder and for medicinal application are not very popular today, as like many other trees they fall victim to fires or axes while clearing areas for agriculture.
Women of the DADA cooperatives prepared Moringa cuttings and, with the help of Bi Khadija Rajab, planted about 50 trees in October 2010 in a clearing behind the Dada-Kituo cha Jua in Matemwe as part of their training. By now after one and half month the cuttings sprout leaves, little branches and (hopefully) roots. Moringa grows extremely fast and harvest of leaves could start as early as after only 6 month
To demonstrate just one of the wonderful features of the multi-talented Moringa tree , please have a look at the nutritiousness of the leaves:
DADA women and volunteers
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November 25, 2010 at 2:53 pm |
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All the best.
June 5, 2011 at 12:15 pm |
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December 4, 2011 at 10:35 am |
What is the medicinal use and importance for moringa?
April 2, 2012 at 1:58 pm |
Great, Thank you for showing me the way. At least I have learnt something about MRONGE! I was impressed to hear fro the TV station about the useful Mronge tree. I keep on making a follow up through website to know more about it. Frankly speaking I have been encouraged to to work on MRONGE as same as the DADA group. What I nee from you people whoever will attend me to have this tree grow into my farm and my neighbors as well. I also like to keep bee hives! Please give me a hand and support o this in both training and shamba demonstration etc1 I am sure this will take us somewhere far ahead of which our lives my change in terms of good income! Please give a hand I am ready!!!!!!!!
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Elvin
December 24, 2012 at 6:32 am |
Dear Elvin
thank you, much appreciated 🙂
Merry Christmas
Dada team
November 11, 2012 at 6:59 am |
where can we get the product.
December 24, 2012 at 6:31 am |
dear Mohamed
Mronge is not a product, it is a plant. Please ask local farmers and on the market. Of course it depends where you are … you may find Moringa as a supplement in some bio-products – in food products and cosmetics as well.
Merry Christmas
Dada Team
December 23, 2012 at 7:38 pm |
What are the medicinal values of this wonder tree
December 24, 2012 at 6:22 am |
dear Rajai, just google ‘medicinal values Moringa Olifeira’
Merry Christmas
Dada Team
February 19, 2013 at 2:24 pm |
Thank you for the information. Do you know if this tree is being grown in the country of Kenya? I will be leading a team of volunteers in May to the village of Awasi, Kenya where we will be attempting to teach some of the widows in that area how to grow, cultivate and make some money from selling the Mronge products. What we don’t know is if the nurseries in Kenya keep this tree or its seeds so that we may purchase them there. Any information you can provide would be very helpful. Thank you.
February 20, 2013 at 8:42 am |
Dear Keith.
Thank you for interest in the wonder-tree. Yes – Mronge growths in Kenya. For more information pls. try this link http://www.mobot.org/gradstudents/olson/oleifera.html and get in contact with local forest or agricultural departments. Another good idea is to google, as I did to find for you the above information; the scientific name of Mronge is Moringa Oleifera
have a nice day
Dada
April 19, 2014 at 4:24 am |
You can find it at dominican republic too!