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Taxon:
Morinda citrifolia
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Morinda
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Rubioideae
Tribe:
Morindeae
Nomen number:
318237
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:176. 1753, nom. cons. prop.
Comment:
[a pending conservation proposal, if adopted, will preserve its current usage]
proposed for conservation (nom. cons. prop.) with a conserved type (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.9)
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
03/25/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Morinda citrifolia
L. var.
citrifolia
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Morinda bracteata
Roxb.
Morinda citrifolia
L. var.
bracteata
(Roxb.) Hook. f.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Note:
based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
http://www.skud.info
Applequist, W. L.
2012. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 64. Taxon 61:1112.
Note:
proposal recommended
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1962. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). New Delhi. 1985-1992 6:423-424.
Craib, W. G. & A. F. G. Kerr, eds.
Florae siamensis enumeratio. 1925-1962
Duke, J. A. et al.
CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Elevitch, C. R., ed.
The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource).
Note:
http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/Morinda-noni.pdf
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Note:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Morinda+citrifolia&quantity=1
Hnatiuk, R. J.
Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
Huxley, A., ed.
The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
Flora of Japan. 1993-
Johansson, J. T.
1994. The genus
Morinda
(Morindeae, Rubioideae, Rubiaceae) in New Caledonia: taxonomy and phylogeny. Opera Bot. 122:44.
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Lemmens, R. H. M. J. & N. Wulijarni-Soetjipto, eds.
1991. Dye and tannin-producing plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 3:94-96.
http://proseanet.org
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Note:
American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Razafimandimbison, S. G. & B. Bremer.
2011. Nomenclatural changes and taxonomic notes in the tribe Morindae (Rubiaceae). Adansonia sér. 3, 33:308.
http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/DocScientifique/publications/presentation/listeParution.xsp?PUBLICATION_ID=5&idx=23
Razafimandimbison, S. G. et al.
2011. (2015) Proposal to conserve the name
Morinda citrifolia
(
Rubiaceae
) with a conserved type. Taxon 60:607.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Rehm, S.
Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Singh, A. K. et al.
2011. Revisiting the origin of the domestication of noni (
Morinda citrifolia
L.). Pl. Genet. Resources Charact. Util. 9:549-556.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PGR#
Smith, A. C.
Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds.
1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 2:379.
http://proseanet.org
Common names
English
canary-wood –
Reference(s)
cheesefruit –
Reference(s)
great morinda –
Reference(s)
Indian-mulberry –
Reference(s)
rotten cheesefruit –
Reference(s)
French
bois douleur –
Reference(s)
Hawaiian
noni –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
pau-azeitona –
Reference(s)
Spanish
mora de la India –
Reference(s)
Swedish
morinda –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hainan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bangladesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Indochina
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Papua New Guinea
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
North Indian Ocean
India
Andaman and Nicobar
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Northern Territory
n.
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Queensland
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Western Australia
n.e.
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
Africa
Africa
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Mexico
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
s.
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Guam
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Marshall Islands
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Micronesia
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Northern Mariana Islands
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Palau
4
Naturalized
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
Cook Islands
4
Naturalized
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
4
Naturalized
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
Pitcairn
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
New Caledonia
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Niue
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Samoa
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Solomon Islands
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Tonga
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Tuvalu
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Vanuatu
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Bahamas
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Bermuda
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
West Indies
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Central America
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
6
Other
exact native range obscure
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Hainan]
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
[Ryukyu Islands],
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
INDO-CHINA:
Indochina
,
Thailand
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Papua New Guinea
NORTH INDIAN OCEAN:
India
[Andaman and Nicobar]
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[Northern Territory (n.), Queensland, Western Australia (n.e.)]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
REGION:
Africa
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida (s.)]
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
,
Guam
,
Marshall Islands
,
Northern Mariana Islands
,
Palau
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands
,
Pitcairn
,
French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
New Caledonia
,
Niue
,
Solomon Islands
,
Tonga
,
Tuvalu
,
Vanuatu
,
Samoa
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
,
Bahamas
,
Bermuda
MESOAMERICA:
Central America
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Suriname
,
Venezuela
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
tannin/dyestuff (source of red dye from rootbark fide Pl Res SEAs 3:94. 1991) –
Reference(s)
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses