• Family : RUBIACEAE
  (Madder Or Coffee Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : RUBIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Common name : Morinda tree
• Vernacular name : Al, Ach (Hindi); Majanathi, Nuna (Tamil); Togari, Togaru, Maddi, Bandamaddi (Telugu); Achu, Aachhu, Achchu (Oria); Manjanathi, Manjapavitta, Pavitta, Kattapitalavam (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
• Flower, Fruit : March-November
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Cuttack district, Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malaya archipelago
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Morinda pubescens. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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