Agriculture Report - The Many Uses for the Moringa Oleifera Plant

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VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture ReportA listener Nigeria asked us to talk about the moringa oleifera . This tree or shrub is grown for food and purposesGerry Moore is a plant expert with the United Department of Agriculture. He says the plant is high protein, and rich in vitamins and minerals. Not only fruit, but also the leaves, roods and seeds can used as food in some way. The plant is by different names around the world. Moringa oleifera is to the foothills of the Himalayas ---- from Pakistan eastern India. Because it is native to that area, of the research on the plant has been done scientists in Pakistan and India. Its native range is , but the plant is grown throughout the world. In United States, it has been introduced in Hawaii, Florida Puerto Rico. Gerry Moore says the plant cannot grow there is freezing weather. It resists heat up to degrees Celsius. The plant also can withstand dry or conditions, so it can grow in many areasMr.. Moore the plant can be used to make many different . The leaves can be boiled and eaten in curry . The fruit can be sliced and eaten, cooked or . Gerry Moore says the taste is similar to asparagus. roots of the plant can be dug up, peeled used as a seasoning in the same way as . Moringa oleifera is related to mustard, so it can a sharp taste. The seeds in the fruit can fried and taste like peanuts. The seeds are rich oil. But the bark of the moringa oleifera tree be poisonous, so be sure to remove itFor VOA English, I'm Laurel Bowman. (Adapted from a radio program 9Apr2013)

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