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(More customer reviews)The PKM1 variety was selected for precocious blooming, less fibrous pods, and non-bitter seeds. You can have vegetable drumsticks (the edible pods, eaten as a vegetable) in about 8 months from seed. It is much faster to propagate because of the precocious seeding.
The leaves, flowers, pods, and seeds are all edible. Moringa leaves are fairly rich in protein as leafy greens go. Some people eat them raw as "mock horseradish chutney" (they have a slightly horse-radishy taste) or in salads, but most people prefer them sauteed in olive oil with a little garlic, which removes the horse-radish taste and renders them similar to spinach but nicer because it is not watery like spinach. The greens are also rich in vitamins C (if raw), the B vitamins, and vitamin A. It is one of the few vegetables that comes from the leaves of a tree.
Moringa oleifera is one of the few members of the genus that is not native to desert, but it retains some vestigial adaptations such as a deep taproot and the tendency to go dormant during drought. Therefor, it is a valuable potential food source for warm dry climates. It's not as drought-resistant as M. stenopetala, but I've found it's easier to grow, being more vigorous, more tolerant of cool weather, and more disease-resistant.
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Drumstick tree seed packetThis is the new hybrid variety of Drumstick PKM1. The pods and leaves are used in Indian dishes such as sambar and avial. In most of the U.S., it can be raised as a container plant, and will start producing pods by the second or third year. In Florida, it can be grown outdoors south of Fort Myers as well as in Arizona and Southern California.. Nutritionally, the leaves are rich in Vitamin C , Vitamin A, calcium, protein and potassium. The bark of the tree has been used to treat abdominal discomfort, boils, cold, rheumatism and scorpion bites, while the leaves have been found effective for the treatment of hypertension and conjunctivitis.
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