Rubiaceae FAMILY

Morinda coreia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Morinda coreia is an evergreen shrub or small tree that can grow around 5 - 15 metres tall. The bole is usually short and crooked[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ]. The plant has been extensively cultivated in India for the dye obtained from the root bark. It is a popular medicinal plant in Thailand and India, where it is often gathered from the wild and traded[ 2020 Title Trade in Indian Medicinal Plants Publication Ethnobotany of India Vol 5., 321-345, 2018 Author D.K.Ved, S.Noorunnisa Begum, & K.Ravi Kumar Publisher Apple Academic Press; Oakville, Canada Year 2018 ISBN 978-1-77188-600-0 Description ], and is also a local source of timber.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - India, Bangladesh. Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia.

HabitatDeciduous dipterocarp, hill evergreen and mixed deciduous forests; at elevations from 50 - 1,300 metres. Usually found in dry forests in India and Sri Lanka[ 146 Title A Manual of Indian Timbers. Publication Author Gamble. J. S. Publisher Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh Year 1972 ISBN - Description First written in the 19th century, but still a classic, giving a lot of information on the uses and habitats of Indian trees. Not for the casual reader. ].