Botanical Name : Morinda citrifolia
Sanskrit Name: Ayushka                        
English Name : Noni
Family : Rubiaceae                  
Part used: Fruits, Seed, Flower, Leaves, Roots & Bark.

Description of Morinda citrifolia:
"Noni" is the native Hawaiian name for the small evergreen tree Morinda citrifolia, and its fruit. It is called the "painkiller" tree in Vietnam, Africa and the Caribbean; and Australians call it "cheese-fruit" for the overpowering smell. Noni is renowned in India for its unique ability to improve opposite conditions and virtually any ailment from which you suffer. For example, Noni has been hailed as a cure for low blood pressure--and also high blood pressure. It exhibits promising anti-cancer and immune system strengthening potential.
The Noni or morinda plant is an evergreen tree that grows 10 to 20 feet tall in open coastal regions, and in forests with altitudes up to 1,300 feet. It has large evergreen leaves and its small white flowers sprout at various times during the year. The flowers then developed to a translucent, juicy, fruit commonly called Noni. In India the juice and whole fruit are used in herbal remedies.

Noni fruit has a lumpy texture, looks similar to a hand grenade, and has a rancid taste and smell when fully ripened. The fruit is covered with reddish-brown pits that contain seeds. Each seed has an attached air sac that allows it to float for months in the ocean. It is thought that this is how Noni may have been transported to various countries centuries ago. Noni plant was considered sacred for its medicinal properties its nutritional value and use as a dye.

·         Parts of the Noni fruit are used as a tonic and to contain fever (China, Japan, Hawaii).

·         The leaves, flowers, fruit, and bark can treat eye problems, skin wounds and abscesses, gum and throat problems, respiratory ailments, constipation, and fever (Pacific Islands, Hawaii).

·         Used to treat stomach pains and after delivery (Marshall Islands).

·         Heated leaves applied to the chest relieve coughs, nausea, and colic (Malaysia, India).

·         Juice of the leaves is taken for arthritis (India, Philippines).

·         The fruit is taken for lumbago, asthma, and dysentery (Indochina).

·         Pounded, unripe fruit is mixed with salt and applied to cuts and broken bones.

·         Ripe fruit is used to draw out pus from an infected boil (Hawaii).

·         Juices of over-ripe fruits are taken to regulate menstrual flow and ease urinary problems (India, Malaysia).

·         The fruit can be used to make shampoo (Malaysia, Hawaii) and to treat head lice (Hawaii).

·         Other exotic diseases treated with the plant include diabetes (widespread) and venereal diseases.

Chemicals : Some of the health-related compounds that have been isolated from noni are Morindone, Morindine, Acubin, Terpene compounds, L. Asperuloside various Anthraquinones, Alazarin, Caproic acid, Caprylic acid, Scopoletin, Damnacanthal, and Alkaloids.

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