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brooksmoses; it made a stray mention of moringa oil in the context of scents.
Scents good. So I go to look up moringa oil, to see what it is, and if it's available anywhere I can get it so I can learn what it smells like for myself.
It's amazing stuff (just to pick one of the articles I found). Fastest-growing tree known, native to India (and Africa), lots of its parts are edible, it can purify water, its oil has even more nutritious stuff in than olive oil and burns clean, it has antibacterial properties, it apparently can help with controlling diabetes, the flowers are edible (calcium and potassium), are used for tea for colds, and last most of the year for bees, its root can be turned into a condiment like horseradish (and one species has a starchy, edible root), it's successful in combating malnutrition in Senegal, the dried leaves are ground to a powder that's an effective dietary supplement . . . .
Oh, and the wood can be used to produce a blue dye. In case there was a need for anything else.
No,teinedreugan, I won't ask for one. I don't think we can get a tall enough greenhouse. ;)
brooksmoses; it made a stray mention of moringa oil in the context of scents.Scents good. So I go to look up moringa oil, to see what it is, and if it's available anywhere I can get it so I can learn what it smells like for myself.
It's amazing stuff (just to pick one of the articles I found). Fastest-growing tree known, native to India (and Africa), lots of its parts are edible, it can purify water, its oil has even more nutritious stuff in than olive oil and burns clean, it has antibacterial properties, it apparently can help with controlling diabetes, the flowers are edible (calcium and potassium), are used for tea for colds, and last most of the year for bees, its root can be turned into a condiment like horseradish (and one species has a starchy, edible root), it's successful in combating malnutrition in Senegal, the dried leaves are ground to a powder that's an effective dietary supplement . . . .
Oh, and the wood can be used to produce a blue dye. In case there was a need for anything else.
No,
teinedreugan, I won't ask for one. I don't think we can get a tall enough greenhouse. ;)
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