Moringa (drumstick tree, horseradish tree) is a fast-growing tree with edible leaves, roots, flowers and fruits (drumsticks) which should grow here. It prefers acid sandy soils, and plenty of rain, but is drought-tolerant.
I have eaten the drumsticks in Sri Lanka. They were fine. I’ve not eaten the leaves, flowers or roots.
Anybody here have any experience with it?
(As a food or growing it.)
Michael V said:
Moringa (drumstick tree, horseradish tree) is a fast-growing tree with edible leaves, roots, flowers and fruits (drumsticks) which should grow here. It prefers acid sandy soils, and plenty of rain, but is drought-tolerant.I have eaten the drumsticks in Sri Lanka. They were fine. I’ve not eaten the leaves, flowers or roots.
Anybody here have any experience with it?
(As a food or growing it.)
Moringa oleifera is considered to be an aggressive invasive species.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moringa_oleifera
PermeateFree said:
Michael V said:
Moringa (drumstick tree, horseradish tree) is a fast-growing tree with edible leaves, roots, flowers and fruits (drumsticks) which should grow here. It prefers acid sandy soils, and plenty of rain, but is drought-tolerant.I have eaten the drumsticks in Sri Lanka. They were fine. I’ve not eaten the leaves, flowers or roots.
Anybody here have any experience with it?
(As a food or growing it.)
Moringa oleifera is considered to be an aggressive invasive species.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moringa_oleifera
Yeah, I read that, and also the QLD risk assessment on the tree, which rates it as low risk (seeds don’t spread far from parent, and birds and mammals don’t appear to disperse seeds). There are a few examples of it naturalising but not spreading in North Qld.
https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/69262/IPA-Horseradish-Tree-Risk-Assessment.pdf
Michael V said:
PermeateFree said:
Michael V said:
Moringa (drumstick tree, horseradish tree) is a fast-growing tree with edible leaves, roots, flowers and fruits (drumsticks) which should grow here. It prefers acid sandy soils, and plenty of rain, but is drought-tolerant.I have eaten the drumsticks in Sri Lanka. They were fine. I’ve not eaten the leaves, flowers or roots.
Anybody here have any experience with it?
(As a food or growing it.)
Moringa oleifera is considered to be an aggressive invasive species.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moringa_oleifera
Yeah, I read that, and also the QLD risk assessment on the tree, which rates it as low risk (seeds don’t spread far from parent, and birds and mammals don’t appear to disperse seeds). There are a few examples of it naturalising but not spreading in North Qld.
https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/69262/IPA-Horseradish-Tree-Risk-Assessment.pdf
Naturalising and not spreading sounds more simply put as a tiime bomb.