I have recently arrived in Manila for the First International Symposium on Moringa. And the first thing I have noticed is that Filipinos love moringa in a touchingly genuine way... amor del pueblo as we would say in Spanish, the love of the people. There are no moringas to be seen in the fancy parts of town, but as soon as you are out of them, the moringas spring into view, whether poking up from behind freeway fences, on roadsides, in well tended or abandoned yards, and even allowed to grow on the Baluarte de San Francisco at the colonial Santiago Fort, no doubt allowed to grow there by a gardener who commutes into the touristy Intramuros area from some outlying area, bringing his sincere love of moringa with him and touching all the other moringaphiles who can't help noticing the slightly unkempt crowns of the moringas gamely poking their heads up all over town.
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AuthorDr. Mark E. Olson is a researcher at Mexico's national university and an expert on the biology of the genus Moringa Archives
November 2018
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