Moringa

Food and health uses

• The flowers, shoots, and foliage are edible as greens.

• Young pods are cooked in curries. Seeds, which taste like peanuts when fried, are eaten, but they contain an alkaloid, which limits their use.

• The unripe pods, known as susumber or drumsticks, can be cut up and boiled like beans. They are sometimes available in tins from delicatessens.

• Upon pressing, the seeds yield an oil called ben oil. This nondrying oil is used for oiling machinery and watches, in salad oil, and in soaps. 

More information

• Purdue University

• Wikipedia

• University of Florida