3. Vegetable Trees. The Dan-da-lun tree, Myanmar term (Botanical name: Moringa oleifera), which bears the drumstick, is a vegetable used in curries much like the Indian curries. The drumstick is cut and cooked with various vegetables, but one must peel open the cooked drumstick & consume the flesh & seeds within. The moringa leaves may also be cooked as soup…
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