• Family : RUBIACEAE
  (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
• Species : Morinda tinctoria
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Morinda coreia Buch.-Ham.
• Vernacular name : Manja naaval, Nuna (Tam.)
• Key identification features : A small deciduous tree. Leaves are entire, acuminate and decussate. Flowers are white in terminal or axillary clusters. Fruit is a persistent syncarpium. Seeds are oblong or obovoid.
• Habit : Shrub
• Flower, Fruit : March-June
• Comments : Occasional in plains to 800 m.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Srikakulam district, Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Ganjam district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malay Islands
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Morinda tinctoria. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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