Morinda citrifolia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

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Read about Morinda citrifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Morinda citrifolia, Linn. Indian Mulberry. Fig. 2386. A small tree, with smooth bark and obtusely 4-angled branches: lvs. short-petioled, to 10 in. long, broadly elliptic, shining, acute or obtuse: stipules large, broadly oblong or semi-lunar: fl.-head on solitary peduncles 1 in. long usually in the axil of every other pair of lvs. or lf. -opposed calyx-limb truncate; corolla 5-lobed, tube about ½ in. long: fr. yellowish, fleshy, globose or ovoid, about 1 in. diam. Probably India; also Malay Archipelago to Austral, and islands. G.C. II. 11 :333. — The fls. contain a red and the roots a yellow coloring principle. Var. bracteata, Hook. Stipules more acute: calyx- limb often with a lanceolate or spatulate white leafy lobe, sometimes 3 in. long. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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