Very common in coastal habitats The green fruit, leaves and roots were traditionally used in Polynesia to treat menstrual cramps, bowel irregularities, diabetes, liver diseases and urinary tract infections. Processed fruit juice is marketed under the trade name Noni, a multipurpo
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The green fruit, leaves and roots were traditionally used in Polynesia to treat menstrual cramps, bowel irregularities, diabetes, liver diseases and urinary tract infections. Processed fruit juice is marketed under the trade name Noni, a multipurpose rejuvenating tonic claimed to boost in immune, circulatory and digestive systems. of
Small crooked evergreen trees, to 8 m high; bark shallowly fissured; branchlets quandrangular. Leaves simple, × opposite, 12-50 5-17 cm, elliptic- lanceolate, base cuneate; stipules variable in size and shape, broadly triangular. Flowers bisexual, fragrant, in dense globose heads, connate by the calyces, peduncle opposite to normally developed leaves. Calyx tube hemispheric, limb truncate. Corolla funnel- shaped, lobes 5 lanceolate, acute. Stamens 5, inserted on the mouth of the corolla. Filaments hairy. Fruit an ovoid syncarp of × pyramidal, 2-seeded drupes, 3-10 2-3 cm, yellow-white; seeds black, with hard albumen and distinct air chamber.