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Go BackMorinda citrifolia
| BINOMIAL NAME | Morinda citrifolia |
| COMMON NAME | Noni fruit |
| FAMILY | Rubiaceae |
| TAMIL NAME | இந்தியன் மல்பெரி |
| HABIT | Evergreen shrub |
| MORPHOLOGY | It is tall with a bark greyish or yellowish brown, shallowly fissured, Glabrous, branchlets quandrangular. |
| MEDICINAL USES | • It is used to control high blood pressure,ulcer,menstrual cramps, joint problems etc. • It can also used as therapeutic remedy to various disease as an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory. • Noni juice is used to reduce total cholesterol levels. • Noni juice used in Polynesian herbal remedies to treat disease such as cancer,gastric ulcers, depression etc. |
| SOURCES | • http://www.Missouribotanicalgarden.org • http://www.worldagroforestry.org • http://www.sciencedirect.com |