Morinda

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Morinda in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Morinda (Latin, morus, mulberry, and indica, Indian). Rubiaceae. Woody plants, sometimes seen far South; one species has been planted in southern Florida and southern California. Shrubs, trees and climbers in Trop. Asia, Austral. and the Pacific Isls., and some in Trop. Amer., perhaps 60 species now described: lvs. opposite, rarely in 3s: fls. white or crimson, in axillary or terminal, simple, panicled or umbellate heads; corolla-tube short or long, funnelform or salverform; lobes 4-7, coriaceous, valvate in the bud; stamens 4-7, usually 5, the filaments adnate to throat of corolla; ovary 2-4-celled, the styles united: fr. an aggregate of the ovaries, or berries, in the head. — -Some of the species yield dyes. The frs. of some of them are edible. One species, M. Roioc, Linn., is native in Fla., extending to the W. Indies; it is a branching shrub with prostrate or some what climbing sts. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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