Morinda coreia Buch.-Ham.

Accepted

Morinda pubescens leaf

Morinda tomentosa tree

Morinda tomentosa fruit

Morinda tomentosa flower

Morinda tomentosa bark

🗒 Synonyms

synonym	Morinda coreia var. tomentosa (Hook.f.) R.R.Fernandez
synonym	Morinda exserta Roxb.
synonym	Morinda pubescens Sm.
synonym	Morinda tinctoria Roxb.
synonym	Morinda tinctoria var. tomentosa Hook.f.

🗒 Common Names

English	Indian mulberry
Hin	Achi
Kannada	Maddi mara
Malayalam	Manjanathi
Other	Mudhi
Tamil	Nuna

📚 Overview

Thick corky bark deeply fissured, wood yellow, Simple leaf in opposite pairs, white tubular flowers on fleshy head, fruit fleshy.

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SubSpecies Varieties Races

Diagnostic Keys

Description

No Data

📚 Nomenclature and Classification

Nomenclature and Classification

Taxon Record Name

References

Type Information

No Data

📚 Natural History

Natural History

Life Cycle

Cyclicity

Leaf Fall

Flowering

March--June

Fruiting

June--August

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Reproduction

Propagation Techniques

Direct sowing of seeds/ Stem cuttings.

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Migration

Dispersal

Dispersers

Dispersers: Other Mammals

Pollinators

Pollinators: Insect

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Life Expectancy

Size

Seed Size

- cm.

Tree Height

5 m.

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Growth

High

Competitiveness

Medium

Where To Plant

Field border

Growth Rate

slow growing

Drought Tolerance

High

Drainage

Well

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Morphology

Growth Form

Tree

Flower

In terminal or axillary heads, white. Flowering from March-June.

Fruit

A syncarpium. Seeds oblong or obovoid. Fruits persistent.

Leaf Apices

Acuminate

Leaf arrangement

Decussate

Leaf Bases

Cuneate

Leaf Margins

Entire

Leaf Shapes

Ovate

Leaf Types

Simple

Habit

A small deciduous tree.

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Tree Type

Evergreen

Canopy

Semi

Leaf Type

Nerale like

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Miscellaneous Details

Wood yellow and good for agricultural implements.

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Interesting Facts

Good yellow coloured hard timber, used to make house-hold implements. Suranji (Morindone), a popular dye used for dyeing silk and cotton is obtained from root and bark.

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Attributions	Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2067
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No Data

📚 Habitat and Distribution

Habitat and Distribution

General Habitat

Common in plains to the coast up to 900m. India, Sri Lana, Malay archipelago.

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Distribution

Description

Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Gujarat.

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Endemic Distribution

Nativity

Native

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No Data

📚 Occurrence

Occurrence

No Data

📚 Demography and Conservation

Demography and Conservation

Not Evaluated

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Threats

Legislation

Protection Legal Status

No Data

📚 Uses and Management

Uses and Management

Uses

System of Medicines Used In

Ayurveda

Siddha

The wood is light and strong, therefore preferred for making parts of the plough.

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Medicinal :

Medicinal : Leaf,Fruit,Root,Heartwood

Food:

Food: Inedible

Fodder:

Fodder: goat,cattle

Fuelwood:

Good fuelwood

Services And Uses

Wind break, Live fence, Timber, Implements

Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2067

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System Of Medicines Used In

Ayurveda, Siddha

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1462

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Folklore

Management

No Data

📚 Information Listing

Information Listing

Species Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN)

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

References

D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1462

Information Listing > References

D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1462

Images

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📚 Meta data

Meta data

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🐾 Taxonomy

Root	Root
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Gentianales
Family	Rubiaceae
Genus	Morinda
Species	Morinda coreia Buch.-Ham.

📊 Temporal Distribution

📷 Related Observations

👥 Groups

India Biodiversity Portal