Morinda citrifolia L.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : 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 : S.P.S. Nellore district, Srikakulam district
    • Karnataka : Ballari district, Belagavi district, Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada 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
    • Tamil Nadu : CGP, Ramanathapuram district, Tiruchirapalli district
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands, Kopenheat, Galathea to Indira point, Galathea Bay in Great Nicobar Island
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Lakshadweep Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Lakshadweep Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • 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
    • K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
    • B. K. Sinha. (1999). Flora of Great Nicobar Island (P. K. Hajra & P. S. N. Rao, Eds.). Botanical Survey of India.
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  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Morinda citrifolia
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Morinda citrifolia. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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