Morinda citrifolia

Morinda citrifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Morindeae
Genus: Morinda
Species: Morinda citrifolia

Name

Morinda citrifolia L., 1753.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Samama citrifolia (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 297. 1891.

• Heterotypic
  • Morinda angustifolia Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 147. 1821, nom. illeg.
  • Morinda aspera Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient.: 420. 1834.
  • Morinda bracteata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 198. 1824, nom. illeg.
  • Morinda chachuca Buch.-Ham., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 536. 1822.
  • Morinda chrysorhiza (Thonn.) DC., Prodr. 4: 450. 1830.
  • Morinda citrifolia f. potteri (O.Deg.) H.St.John, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 111: 482. 1984.
  • Morinda citrifolia var. bracteata (Roxb.) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 46(2): 151. 1877.
  • Morinda citrifolia var. elliptica Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 156. 1880.
  • Morinda citrifolia var. potteri O.Deg., Nat. S. Pac. Exped.: 296. 1949.
  • Morinda coreia var. stenophylla (Spreng.) Chandrab. in M.Chandrabose & N.C.Nair, Fl. Coimbatore: 142. 1988.
  • Morinda elliptica (Hook.f.) Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 79: 86. 1918.
  • 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 quadrangularis G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 545. 1834.
  • Morinda stenophylla Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 749. 1824.
  • Morinda teysmanniana Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 244. 1857.
  • Morinda tinctoria Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 20. 1790.
  • 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.
  • Morinda tomentosa B.Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 147. 1821.
  • Morinda zollingeriana Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 243. 1857.
  • Platanocephalus orientalis Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 349. 1766.
  • Psychotria chrysorhiza Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 111. 1827.
  • Sarcocephalus leichhardtii F.Muell., Essay Pl. Burdek: 12. 1860.

References

• Govaerts, R. & al. (2011) Morinda citrifolia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2011 Apr 16.
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 176.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Morinda citrifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ: ᨅᨍ (bajá)
English: great morinda, Indian mulberry, nunaakai (Tamil Nadu, India) , dog dumpling (Barbados), mengkudu (Malaysia), beach mulberry, cheese fruit, noni
español: noni
français: nono, pomme-chien
Nederlands: Indische moerbei, noni

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