• Family : RUBIACEAE
  (Madder Or Coffee Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : RUBIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Morinda citrifolia Bedd.; Morinda citrifolia non L.; Morinda coreia Buch.-Ham
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Morinda coreia Buch.-Ham.
• Vernacular name : Manja naaval, Nuna (Tamil)
• Habit : Tree
• Comments / notes : Occasional in plains to 800m.
• Key identification features : A small deciduous tree; Leaves entire, acuminate, decussate; Flowers white
• Flower, Fruit : March-June
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Kurnool district, West Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Khurda district, Koraput district
• Native : India, Sri Lanka, Malay Archipelago.
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malay Islands
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• 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 tinctoria. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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