Plant Details

Accepted name:: Morinda citrifolia L. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aachchaka	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
aal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ach	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
achchhuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
achi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
achuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ahu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ainshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
al	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anishi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aseti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashyuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avishe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
awl tree	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
baratindiala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barraal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bartondi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barutndi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beach mulberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bois douleur	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bois tortue	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
brimstone tree	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
burmanona	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bwa torti	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
cada-pilava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cadapilava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canary wood	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canary-wood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
chayapattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cheesefruit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dodda thagachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
east indian mulberry	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
fitoaty	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
great morinda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hag apple	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
haladi paavate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haladi-pavate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haladipaavate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haladipavate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hog apple	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ice leaf	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
indian mulberry	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
indian mulberry tree	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
indian-mulberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
indischer maulbeerbaum	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
kadapilva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadappilavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karrapitalavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katappilavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattapitalavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lengon'antandroy	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
madde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maddee mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madderbanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maddichettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makadphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maligi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manajaparvetti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mancanatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manchapavatta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manjanathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manjanatthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manjanatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manjapavattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manjatbavattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mannanarri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mannanatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mannapavatta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mengkudu besar	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
minamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mogali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
molaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
molagha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
molugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
molugu chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mora de la india	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
morinda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
morindae folium	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
morindae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
mulgul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulgul tagase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
munjapavittai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murier de java	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
mûrier de java	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
nagakunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagkura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nona	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
noni	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Tropical Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
nono	Other	Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
noona	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nuna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nunaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nunavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pau-azeitona	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
periyanuna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
popli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangina mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rotten cheesefruit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
seyal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
surangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagace	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagache	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagatemara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
takote	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaagache	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thagache	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thakote	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thogaru chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thogarumogali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thogoda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
togara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
togaree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
togareemogilli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
togaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
togarumogali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toghur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tunaon	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tunavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tunnam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tunnavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turkey red	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellainuna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yema de huevo	Other	Tropical Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008)
yeíawa haráchan	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
yo ban	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon, 2015)
අහු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit, leaves, bark		Tropical Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008)
Seed, Fruit, Leaf, Root	Fruit juice	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Bark, Fruits, Leaves, Roots, Tender leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
roots, fruit, leaves		Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
leaf, wood, root		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
leaf		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf, fruit		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
leaves		Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Morinda teysmanniana Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 244 (1857).
Morinda zollingeriana Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 243 (1857).
Morinda aspera Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 420 (1834).
Morinda citrifolia var. potteri O.Deg. Nat. S. Pac. Exped.: 296 (1949).
Morinda citrifolia f. potteri (O.Deg.) H.St.John Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 111: 482 (1984).
Morinda ligulata Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2.: 105 (1845).
Morinda littoralis Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2.: 109 (1845).
Morinda macrophylla Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 404 (1829).
Morinda mudia Buch.-Ham. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 536 (1822).
Morinda multiflora Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 200 (1824).
Morinda nodosa Buch.-Ham. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 537 (1822).
Morinda pubescens var. aspera (Wight & Arn.) M.Gangop. Nelumbo 59: 24 (2017).
Morinda quadrangularis G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 545 (1834).
Morinda tinctoria Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 20 (1790), nom. nud.
Morinda tinctoria var. aspera (Wight & Arn.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 156 (1880).
Morinda tinctoria var. multiflora (Roxb.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 156 (1880).
Platanocephalus orientalis Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 349 (1766).
Samama citrifolia (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 297 (1891).
Sarcocephalus leichhardtii F.Muell. Essay Pl. Burdekin: 12 (1860).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Morinda citrifolia	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Tropical Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008)
Morinda citrifolia L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Fijian Medicinal Plants (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Medicinal plants in South Pacific (WHO, 1998) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Aboriginal Meds in N. Territory (Barr et al., 1993) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Morinda teysmanniana	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Morinda zollingeriana	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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