Morinda citrifolia L.

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 661-662

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a26
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scientific name	Morinda citrifolia L.
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[1483] Morinda citrifolia L. View in CoL View at ENA

Sp. Pl. 1: 176 [1 May 1753] ( Linnaeus 1753), nom. cons. — Samama citrifolia View in CoL (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 1: 297 [5 Nov. 1891] (Kuntze 1891).

Platanocephalus orientalis Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. View in CoL 1: 349 [Jan.-July 1766] (Crantz 1766).

Morinda tinctoria Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. View in CoL 5 (Art. 4): 20 (Noronha 1790), nom. nud.

Morinda tomentosa B.Heyne ex Roth, Syst.Veg. View in CoL [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 216 [Dec. 1819] (Roth 1819).

Morinda angustifolia Roth View in CoL , Nov. Pl. Sp. 147 [Apr. 1821] (Roth 1821).

Morinda chachuca Buch. View in CoL -Ham., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13 (2): 536 (Buchanan-Hamilton 1822).

Morinda nodosa Buch. View in CoL -Ham., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13 (2): 537 (Buchanan-Hamilton 1822).

Morinda mudia Buch. View in CoL -Ham., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13 (2): 536 (Buchanan-Hamilton 1822).

Morinda multiflora Roxb., Fl. Ind. View in CoL 2: 200 (Roxburgh 1824).

Morinda stenophylla Spreng., Syst.Veg. View in CoL [Sprengel] 1: 749 [1825 publ. late 1824] (Sprengel 1824). — Morinda coreia Buch. View in CoL -Ham. var. stenophylla (Spreng.) Chandrab., Fl. Coimbatore View in CoL [M. Chandrabose & N.C. Nair]: xxviii, 142 (Chandrabose 1988).

Morinda macrophylla Desf., Tabl. École Bot. View in CoL , ed. 3 [Cat. Pl. Horti Paris .], 404 (Desfontaines 1829).

Morinda aspera Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. View in CoL 1: 420 [10 Oct. 1834] (Wight & Arnott 1834). — Morinda pubescens Sm. var. aspera (Wight & Arn.) M.Gangop. View in CoL , Nelumbo View in CoL 59 (1): 24 (Gangopadhyay 2017).

Morinda quadrangularis G.Don, Gen. Hist. View in CoL 3: 545 [8-15 Nov. 1834] (Don 1834).

Morinda ligulata Blanco, Fl. Filip. View in CoL [F.M. Blanco], ed. 2: 105 (Blanco 1845).

Morinda littoralis Blanco, Fl. Filip. View in CoL [F.M. Blanco], ed. 2: 109 (Blanco 1845), “ litoralis ”.

Morinda teysmanniana Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. View in CoL 2: 244 (Miquel 1857).

Morinda zollingeriana Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. View in CoL 2: 243 (Miquel 1857).

Sarcocephalus leichhardtii F.Muell., Essay Pl. Burdekin View in CoL : 12 (Mueller 1860).

Morinda citrifolia L. View in CoL f. potteri H.St.John, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 111 (4): 482 (St.John 1984).

NOTE. — A species native to India, West Indies and Australia, cultivated and naturalised throughout the tropics. Cultivated and naturalised in Central America, the Greater Antilles, and in the Guianas; several naturalised populations have recently been observed in French Guiana (Delprete, pers. obs.)

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Fr: noni.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 5 collections. Sel. exs.: M.-F. Prévost 4686.

SIZE. — Up to 12 m tall, to 15 cm dbh.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Gentianales
Family	Rubiaceae
Genus	Morinda