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Morinda citrifolia
Also called Cheese fruit, Rotten Cheesefruit, Noni, Canary Wood, Cheesefruit, Great Morinda, French Mulberry
In Singapore: Mengkudu Besar, Inda, Menkudu, Indian Mulberry, Noni, Great Morinda, Cheese Fruit, Mengkudu, Awl Tree, Brimstone Tree, 海滨木巴戟, 海巴戟 (Native to Singapore, Least Concern)
Indian mulberry (noni) is a fast-growing shrub or small tree from the coffee family, grown widely across the tropics for its large, pungent fruit. It thrives in warm, humid, frost-free conditions with plenty of sun.
Morinda citrifolia is a fruit-bearing tree in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. It is commonly known as noni or Indian mulberry, among many other names.
Native to Southeast Asia and Australasia, the species was spread across the Pacific by Polynesian sailors. It is now cultivated throughout the tropics and is widely naturalised.
Native to Southeast Asia and Australasia, the species was spread across the Pacific by Polynesian sailors. It is now cultivated throughout the tropics and is widely naturalised.
A variety of beverages (juice drinks), powders (from dried ripe or unripe fruits), cosmetic products (lotions, soaps), oil (from seeds), and leaf powders (for encapsulation or pills) have been introduced into the consumer market.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Morinda citrifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
