Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:176. 1753, nom. cons. prop.
Comment:
- [a pending conservation proposal, if adopted, will preserve its current usage]
- proposed for conservation (nom. cons. prop.) with a conserved type (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.9)
Verified:
03/25/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
canary-wood – cheesefruit – great morinda – Indian-mulberry – rotten cheesefruit – French
bois douleur – Hawaiian
noni – Portuguese
pau-azeitona – Spanish
mora de la India – Swedish
morinda –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Indochina | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | North Indian Ocean | India | Andaman and Nicobar | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | | Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Guam | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Marshall Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Northern Mariana Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Cook Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Pitcairn | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Niue | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Samoa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Tonga | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Tuvalu | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Vanuatu | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Bermuda | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Central America | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
6 | Other | | | | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
-
CHINA:
China [Hainan]
-
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
-
INDO-CHINA:
Indochina, Thailand
-
MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea
-
NORTH INDIAN OCEAN:
India [Andaman and Nicobar]
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia]
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Africa
Northern America
-
REGION:
Mexico
-
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
-
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau
-
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands, Pitcairn, French Polynesia
-
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa
Southern America
-
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies, Bahamas, Bermuda
-
MESOAMERICA:
Central America
-
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Suriname, Venezuela
Other
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Materials | tannin/dyestuff | | Lemmens, R. H. M. J. & N. Wulijarni-Soetjipto, eds. 1991. Dye and tannin-producing plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 3:94-96. |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=318237.
Accessed 20 September 2024.