Morinda chrysorhiza

Botanical Description

Morinda chrysorhiza is an evergreen shrub or a tree, sometimes multi-stemmed, that can grow up to 9 metres tall. The bole is 12 - 40cm in diameter[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ , 530 Title Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher HMSO; London. Year 1916 ISBN Description Contains a range of articles on plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is a popular traditional medicine, especially for the treatment of fevers. It is harvested from the wild for this purpose, and also for its use as a dye plant and fuel. The leaves are sold in Freetown markets for medicinal use, whilst the tree is sometimes planted for its various uses near to houses in Sierra Leone[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ , 530 Title Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher HMSO; London. Year 1916 ISBN Description Contains a range of articles on plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].