Morinda citrifolia L.

 
  • 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 11 October 2024.

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