- Family : RUBIACEAE
(Madder Or Coffee Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
- Synonym(s) : Morinda angustifolia Roth; Morinda aspera Wight & Arn.; Morinda chachuca Buch.-Ham.; Morinda citrifolia f. potteri (O.Deg.) H.St.John; Morinda coreia var. stenophylla (Spreng.) Chandrab.; Morinda ligulata Blanco; Morinda littoralis Blanco; Morinda macrophylla Desf.; Morinda mudia Buch.-Ham.; Morinda multiflora Roxb.; Morinda nodosa Buch.-Ham.; Morinda pubescens var. aspera (Wight & Arn.) M.Gangop.; Morinda quadrangularis G.Don; Morinda stenophylla Spreng.; Morinda teysmanniana Miq.; Morinda tinctoria Noronha; Morinda tomentosa B.Heyne ex Roth; Morinda zollingeriana Miq.; Platanocephalus orientalis Crantz; Samama citrifolia (L.) Kuntze; Sarcocephalus leichhardtii F.Muell.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Morinda citrifolia L.
- Common name : Noni Tree, Great Morinda, Indian Mulberry
- Vernacular name :
- Ach, Al, Ak, Surangi, Bartundi (Hindi)
- Sapanga (Kannada)
- Maddi, Togaru, Togoda (Telugu)
- Atsu, Achu, Pindra (Oria)
- Noni (Sanskrit)
- Aal (Marathi)
- Cherumanjanathi, Kattapitalavam, Manjanathi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Waste lands, deciduos and mangrove forests
- Comments / notes : Frequent
- Flower, Fruit : January-October
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, K. Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 25/10/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0117
- Collection Locality : Talakona forest, Chittoor district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Ballari district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Koraput district, Ganjam district
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malay Archipelago, Australia, Pacific Islands
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 186
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Morinda citrifolia. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
|
|
Botanical Description
|
![](./hsheet/pdf/Morinda citrifolia/page_251.pdf.jpg) |
Herbarium Specimen(s)
|
![](./hsheet/herb/Morinda citrifolia/P1010012.JPG) |
Line Drawings
|
![](./hsheet/line/Morinda citrifolia/Morinda citrifolia.jpg) |
Field Image(s)
|
![](./hsheet/field/Morinda citrifolia/DSC_1 (334).JPG) |
![](./hsheet/field/Morinda citrifolia/DSC_1 (335).JPG) |
![](./hsheet/field/Morinda citrifolia/DSC_1 (339).JPG) |
![](./hsheet/field/Morinda citrifolia/DSC_1 (340).JPG) |
![](./hsheet/field/Morinda citrifolia/IMG_4648.JPG) |
![](./hsheet/field/Morinda citrifolia/IMG_8115.JPG) |
![](./hsheet/field/Morinda citrifolia/IMG_8116.JPG) |
![](./hsheet/field/Morinda citrifolia/Morinda citrifoliaP1011851.JPG) |
![](./hsheet/field/Morinda citrifolia/Morinda citrifolia_1.JPG) |
![](./hsheet/field/Morinda citrifolia/Morinda citrifolia_2.JPG) |
India Distribution
|
![](india_map.php?state_list=Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka,Kerala,Maharashtra,Odisha,Andaman and Nicobar Islands,) |
World Distribution
|
![](world_map.php?country_list=India, Sri Lanka, Malay Archipelago, Australia, Pacific Islands) |
|