Moringa or Moringa oleifera (Moringa oleifera) is a kind of plant from the tribe of Moringaceae. This plant has a tree height of 711 meters. Moringa leaves are round eggs with small sizes compounded in a single stalk. the flowers are yellowish white and their green flower hoods; this flower goes out all year with the smell of fragrant odor. The elongated triangular-shaped mangle fruit called kelentang, can also be crawled.
Moringa has many benefits in curing various diseases. Noted, there are more than 300 diseases that can be cured from kelor, either from leaves or fruit. no wonder, kelor become part of daily life which is often used as vegetable and raw material of medicine.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends infants and toddlers consume Moringa leaves for their growth period. in addition, the WHO also named kelor as a magical tree after a study and found that kelor serves as a cheaper health enhancer for 40 years in the world's poorest countries.
national Institute of Health (NIH) on March 21, 2008 also said that Moringa tree has been used as a drug by various ethnic groups native to prevent or treat more than 300 types of diseases. the ancient Indian ayurvedic medicine tradition shows that 300 types of diseases can be treated with moringa oleifera leaves.
In addition to curing various diseases, Moringa tree is also considered a sacred tree. this is what gave rise to the myth that this leaf can defeat the power of spirits.the mythical influence that the Moringa leaves can to defeat the spirits has penetrated so deeply into the minds of the archipelago society, not to mention also the magic champions who used to get the power with the help of spirits. they participated in the myth and are very sure that the magic will be lost when faced with the leaves Moringa.
with such beliefs, they are only a little touch of leaf kelor then psychologically his strength will collapse first and finally his physical also really participate limp and collapse.
Nowadays, in the so-called advancing era, there are still many people who find it difficult to escape from the shackles of the myth of the magic of Moringa leaves. in the settlement of the archipelago, where people believe that if someone is sick and lying long but not also dead, then the person is suspected of having a certain power that must be removed from his body. to help remove his supernatural powers, usually the person is swept with kelor leaves until finally able to die calmly. When the body is bathed, the person is also swept again with moringa leaves to be clean of all creatures and mystical objects that are still attached to the body.
in addition to chase away, the myth of Moringa leaf is also believed to resist the coming of spirits. In the age of technology such as now sometimes still can be found there is a house above the main door is placed a bunch of leaves kelor as repellent reinforcements.
regardless of Moringa leaf myth, at least see its benefits for the healing of the disease make the leaf kelor has a high economic value to trade. At least, Spanish and Chinese investors are interested to buy moringa leaves from East Nusa Tenggara Province (NTT).
"Some time ago, two envoys from Spain came to NTT to see directly the moringa plants in the mainland of Timor and are interested in buying in large quantities," said Commander of Korem 161 / Wira Sakti Brigadier General Achmad Yulianto in NTT, as quoted from Antara, Thursday (26/6).
look at business opportunities kelor leaf business, it's no wonder Achmad Yulianto invites all the people of the region to develop this plant on the area of agriculture, plantation or vacant land.
It will buy leaves, flowers or seeds of moringa from the farmers at a reasonable price. according to him, the leaves and fruits of this moringa plant can also be exported to Germany, America and also France.
He said that at this time Korem 161 / Wira Sakti together with his staff aggressively developed moringa plants in various locations in the province of NTT islands.
one of the most prominent districts today is the District of North Central Timor (TTU), an area bordered by Timor Leste that has planted a moron tree on a 125 hectare land.
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