Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 2 Jul 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is the most useful tree in the world?

Moringa oleifera - Bridal veil, Horseradish tree, Drumstick Tree, Ben Oil Tree

🌐 What is the most useful tree in the world?

💚 One of the most versatile and valuable trees known to humanity is Moringa oleifera, also called: Horseradish tree, Bridal veil, Horseradish tree, Drumstick Tree, Ben Oil Tree. It is indeed considered one of the most useful trees in the world. This reputation stems from its wide range of nutritional, medicinal, and practical applications.
💚 Moringa is a beautiful flowering tree with fragrant white flowers. It produces long green pods (looking like drumsticks!) and the seeds have been compared to a cross between peanuts and asparagus.
💚 Moringa leaves are rich in vitamins (A, B, C, E), minerals (calcium, potassium, iron), and amino acids, and have strong antioxidant properties. they are used in traditional medicine to treat inflammation. Moringa can help lower blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
💚 Almost every part of the tree is edible, including the leaves, pods, seeds, and flowers. Each part has its unique nutritional profile and culinary uses. Used in teas and cooking.
💚 The roots are used as a substitute for horseradish and the edible leaves make a highly nutritious vegetable. The roots have also been used in many folk remedies.
💚 Many Moringa products produced commercially: leaves, powder, oil. Moringa oil, extracted from the seeds, is used in cosmetics, skincare products. Seeds can be used to purify water, making it safer to drink.
💚 The plant can be used as a natural fertilizer and pesticide. Leaves are used as a nutritious feed for livestock.

📚 Learn more: How to grow a happy Moringa Tree

🛒 Plant your own Moringa Tree and save the Planet

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Date: 1 Jul 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is Nescafe Coffee made from?

Mucuna pruriens - Nescafe, Purple Jade Vine

☕️ What is Nescafe Coffee made from? Purple Jade.

💜 Earlier we mentioned Green Jade Vine and Yellow Jade Vine. This one is purple!

Mucuna pruriens - Nescafe, Purple Jade Vine has unusual royal purple flowers. The dark violet blooms appear closely pushed together in grape like clusters, up to 1 ft long and 6" in diameter.
The seeds known as mucuna beans or Nescafe and used as a coffee substitute.
It has been used for generations in India as a medicinal plant.
Very vigorous woody tree creeper - during warmer weather this vine can grow 2 feet a day!
Related to red Jade vine (Mucuna bennettii).

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Date: 25 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

1000 times sweeter than sugar! How to eat sweets without sugar

Lippia dulcis - Aztec Sweet Herb, Sweetleaf

1000 times sweeter than sugar! How to eat sweets without sugar.

🌱 Lippia dulcis - Aztec Sweet Herb, Sweetleaf - is the answer for sugar-free diet. And it's perfectly tasty, and sweeter than Stevia!

🍭 This is a Mexican herb with an incredibly sweet leaf.
🍭 Leaves can be eaten from the plant like candy or tossed into fruit salads for an unusual addition.
🍭 Medicinal tea: it is used since the time of the Aztecs for coughs and colds.

🛒 Get Aztec Sweet Herb

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Date: 12 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

How to grow Noni tree for fruit?

How to grow Noni tree for fruit?

💊 The medicinal Noni tree (see our earlier post) is one of the most suitable fruit trees for potting culture. A 1-3 gallon size plant will flower and fruit for you within a year.

Noni's special features:

✅ flowers and fruits at young age, nearly year around.
✅ tolerates shade and grows large ornamental leaves in filtered light.
✅ suitable for indoor culture

✅ medicinal properties are endless and cannot be under-appreciated.
✅ This plant can be grown in any climate indoors, and will produce fruit for you under minimal care. Just provide warm frost-free conditions, as this tropical tree is very cold sensitive.