Moringa, most often associated with its native region of India, is also a valuable plant found thousands of miles away in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Locally, it plays a crucial role in the production of medicines in traditional, traditional-modern (a combination of old and new) and modern medicine. According to several local healers and patients, thanks to its therapeutic properties, moringa can be used to treat a variety of illnesses such as diabetes, muscle pain, sexual weakness and many others. “Apart from its medicinal properties, moringa has numerous benefits; it is a naturally fertilizing tree,” Jackeline Muderwa, a 69-year-old woman and healer from the Mugunga neighborhood in Goma, explained in an interview with Mongabay. She associates it with the Belgian

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