New use found for 'world's most useful tree'

[jack by the hedge]

Just saw this on The Register about a new way to purify water using crushed seeds of the drumstick tree. It would seem that you would still need to boil afterwards but still looks like a great method when you don't have a water filter.

See links

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/04/moringa_tree_knowledge_is_free/

and for the direct link to the free paper

http://mrw.interscience.wiley.com/emrw/9780471729259/cp/cpmc/article/mc01g02/current/abstract

Do we know of any other plants that do the same thing?

cheers

JBTH

 

[featherstick]

The Blessed St Ray of the Woods shows a filtering technique using campfire charcoal sandwiched between two layers of sphagnum moss.

 

[Ahjno]

Just saw this on The Register about a new way to purify water using crushed seeds of the drumstick tree. It would seem that you would still need to boil afterwards but still looks like a great method when you don't have a water filter.

See links

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/04/moringa_tree_knowledge_is_free/

and for the direct link to the free paper

http://mrw.interscience.wiley.com/emrw/9780471729259/cp/cpmc/article/mc01g02/current/abstract

Do we know of any other plants that do the same thing?

cheers

JBTH

Yes, I knew that. Posted that one a few years ago. A shame we don't have the Moring Oleifera growing in this part of the world

It shows again how less we know about the plantworld - and the importance of conservating it.

Only other 'plant' I can think of (sort-ish) would be, as featherstick mentioned, spagnum moss, due to the fact the contents of iodine.