Morinda citrifolia - Noni

Morinda citrifolia - Noni

Morinda citrifolia is a fruit-bearing tree in the coffee family Rubiaceae. It is native range extends across Southeast Asia and Australasia. Among some 100 names for the fruit across different regions are the more common English names of great morinda, Indian mulberry, noni, beach mulberry, and cheese fruit.

Uses

Colds, Flu, Diabetes, Anxiety, High blood pressure.

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves, Roots.

Chemical Composition

Morinda citrifolia fruit contains a number of phytochemicals, including lignans, oligo- and polysaccharides, flavonoids, iridoids, fatty acids, scopoletin, catechin, beta-sitosterol, damnacanthal, and alkaloids.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Tagase maddi
Hindi	Bartundi बारतुन्डी
Malayalam	Mannapavatta
Tamil	Nuna
Telugu	Mogali
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Indian Mulberry, Great morinda

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Tikshna (Sharp)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	Elliptic to elliptic-ovate	20–45 cm long, 7–25 cm wide, glabrous. Petioles stout, 1.5–2 cm long. Stipules connate or distinct, 1–1.2 cm long

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	75–90 in ovoid to globose heads	Corolla white		5–lobed, the tube greenish white, 7–9 mm long, the lobes oblong-deltate, approximately 7 mm long

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Simple Fruit		Fleshy, 5–10 cm long, about 3–4 cm in diameter, soft and fetid when ripe	Yellowish white		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings, Air layering.

How to plant/cultivate

Noni is relatively easy to propagate. It can be propagated from seeds, stem or root cuttings, and air layering. The preferred methods of propagation are by seed and by cuttings made from stem verticals.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Lowland forest, Coastal forests.

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External Links

• Common names of Morinda citrifolia on flowersofindia.net

• Morinda citrifolia on www.ctahr.hawaii.edu