n.
(Bot.) A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks.
Morinda
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Morinda is a genus of flowering plants in the madder family, Rubiaceae.[1]
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Description
It comprises approximatively 80 species, distributed in all tropical regions of the world. These species may be trees, shrubs or vines; some, like Morinda citrifolia, are trees that very much resemble vines. All morinda species bear aggregated fruits (or syncarps) that can be fleshy (like with Morinda citrifolia) or dry.
Most species of this genus originate in the area of Borneo, New Guinea, Northern Australia, and New Caledonia.
Species
- Morinda angustifolia
- Morinda asteroscepa K.Schum. (Malawi, Tanzania)
- Morinda citrifolia L - Great Morinda, Noni, Aal (Southeast Asia)
- Morinda fasciculata Benth. (Ecuador)
- Morinda jasminoides A.Cunn. - Sweet Morinda (Eastern Australia)
- Morinda longiflora
- Morinda lucida
- Morinda nana
- Morinda officinalis F.C.How, 1958 (China)
- Morinda parvifolia
- Morinda pubescens
- Morinda tinctoria Roxb.
- Morinda trimera - Noni kuahiwi (Hawaiʻi)
- Morinda umbellata Hillebr.
References
- ^ "Genus Morinda". Taxonomy. UniProt. http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/43521. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
External links
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