Morinda citrifolia L.

RUBIACEAE

- Madder family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Morinda citrifolia L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 176. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

Images of Morinda citrifolia

Common names

U.S. name: Indian mulberry

English name: canary-wood

English name: cheesefruit

Spanish name: mora de la India

French name: bois douleur

Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Rubiales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Morinda
Species:

Page counter: 1389 ( AVG: 221.43 / 290.147 )

Gallery:

Morinda citrifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Villa de San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Parque Botanico de Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spagna, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Morinda citrifolia
Habit at Hoolawa Farms, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Morinda citrifolia
Fruit and leaves at Waianapanapa State Park Hana, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Morinda citrifolia
Flowers and fruit at LaPerouse, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Morinda citrifolia
Leaves and flowers at Hoolawa Farms, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Morinda citrifolia
In pots at Hoolawa Farms, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Morinda citrifolia
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Morinda citrifolia
Habit at Lahaina, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Morinda citrifolia
Habit at LaPerouse, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Morinda citrifolia
Fruit at Waianapanapa, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Morinda citrifolia
Leaves fruit and flowers at Hoolawa Farms, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Morinda citrifolia
Habit at Waianapanapa, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Morinda citrifolia
Habit at Waianapanapa State Park Hana, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Morinda citrifolia
Flowers and fruit at Waianapanapa, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Morinda citrifolia
Variegated leaves flower and fruit at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Morinda citrifolia
Fruit at LaPerouse, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Morinda citrifolia
Flowers and fruits at Lahaina, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (FL, HI), USA+ (PR, VI)

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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Morinda royoc hort. [145]
2) Morinda sandwicensis O. Deg. [135]
3) Moringa moringa (L.) Millsp. [145]
4) Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. [153]
5) Morongia angustata (Torr. & A. Gray) Britton [136]
6) Morongia occidentalis Woot. & Standl. [127]
7) Mortonia utahensis (Coville ex A. Gray) A. Nelson [415]
8) Morus crataegifolia Greene [91]
9) Morus tatarica L. [141]
10) Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [373]

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