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Morinda citrifolia - Noni

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{{stub}}[[File:Starr-060422-7896-Morinda citrifolia-flowers and fruit-Waianapanapa-Maui (24862059335).jpg|thumb|right|'''Morinda citrifolia - Noni''']]'''Morinda citrifolia''' is a fruit-bearing tree in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. Its native range extends across Southeast Asia and Australasia, and the species is now cultivated throughout the tropics and widely naturalized. 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==
{{Uses|Skin problemscolds}}, {{Uses|Blood pressureflu}}, {{Uses|diabetes}}, {{Uses|Arthritisanxiety}}, {{Uses|Headachehigh blood pressure}}.<ref name="Uses"/> 
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Purification of a n-BuOH-soluble partition of the MeOH extract of Morinda citrifolia (Noni) fruits led to the isolation fruit contains a number of two new iridoid glucosidesphytochemicals, including lignans, 6alphaoligo-hydroxyadoxosideand polysaccharides, flavonoids, iridoids, fatty acids, scopoletin, catechin, beta-sitosterol, damnacanthal, and alkaloids.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|en=Indian Mulberry|gu=Surangi|hi=Bartundi|kn=Tagase maddi|ml=Mannapavatta|mrsa=Nagakunda|ta=Nuna|te=Mogali|hi=Bartundi बारतुन्डी|en=Indian Mulberry, Great morinda}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
 
===Rasa===
 Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Tikshna (Sharp)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Evergreen Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|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}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|75–90 in ovoid to globose heads|Corolla white||5–lobed, the tube greenish white, 7–9 mmlong, the lobes oblong-deltate, approximately 7 mm long}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Simple Fruit||Fleshy, 5–10 cm long, about 3–4 cm in diameter, soft and fetid when ripe||yellowish white|}}
===Other features===
==Where to get the saplings==
 
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}, {{Propagation|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.
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Lowland forest}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Coastal forests}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Starr-160613-0603-Morinda citrifolia-fruit-Waihee Coastal Preserve-Maui (27452591683).jpgFile:Morinda citrifolia (Noni) in Guntur, AP W3 IMG 8127.jpgFile:P Morc D5915.JPGFile:Meloidogyne sp. on Morinda citrifolia (01).jpg
</gallery>
==References==
 
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0028-1097264 Chemical composition]</ref>
<ref name="chemical compositionLeaf">["Chemistry"https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/noni/downloads/morinda_species_profile.pdf?q=morinda Morphology]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">["Morphology"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]<https://ref><ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by Cwww.ctahr.hawaii.Pedu/noni/downloads/morinda_species_profile.Kharepdf?q=morinda Cultivation Details]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Great%20Morinda.html Common names of Morinda citrifolia - Noni] * [ https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/noni/downloads/morinda_species_profile.pdf?q=morinda Morinda citrifolia - Noni]* [ ]
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