The name has a musical ring to it. The beginnings of a moringa (Moringa oleifera) tree, started from seeds:
The three saplings will have to remain in pots and shunted between the indoors and the outdoors, given the climate in Boston. This might curtail or probably eliminate their fruit output, but the leaves are still a major nutrient factory. The fruit pods, known as drumsticks in India, are a culinary favorite. A sample image is shown below:
The native name in Tamil (a language from South India) is murungakkai:
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