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Some worldwide names for Morinda citrifolia L.

CHINESE: Hai ba ji, Wu ning (Singapore), Luo ling (Singapore, Taiwan).

COOK ISLANDS, NIUE, SAMOA, TONGA: Nonu, noni, nenu, nano, nonu atoni, gogu atoni

ENGLISH, TAHITI: Canary wood (Australia), Indian mulberry, Large-leaved Morinda, Noni (Hawaii), Noni fruit, Noni plant, Pain killer tree (Caribbean).

FIJI: Kura

FRENCH: Nono (Tahiti).

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: Nen (lagoon Chuukese), Weipwul (Pohnpei), Ii (Kosrae), Mangalweg (Yap), Nopur (Chuuk)

GUAM, NORTHERN MARIANAS: Lada

KIRIBATI: Non

MARSHALL ISLANDS: Nen, nin

MALAY: Bengkudu, Bengkudu daun besar, Bengkudu laki-laki, Mengkudu (Indonesia), Pacel (Indonesia).

PALAU: Kesengel, lel, ngel

ROTUMA: Ura

TAMIL: Munja pavattay.

TELUGU: Maddi chettu, Molagha.

SPANISH: Mora de la India, Noni (Puerto Rico).


Worldwide names for Morinda citrifolia in alphabetical order:

Ach, Awl Tree, Ba Ji Tian, Baga, Bangkoro, Bilimbi, Boi Doieur, Bengkudu, Bengkudu daun besar, Bengkudu laki-laki, Bumbo, Bungbo, Bunuela, Canoe Plant, Canary Wood, Cheesefruit, Coca, Doleur, Feuille Douleur, Dye Tree, Feuille Froide, Forbidden Fruit, Fromagier, Gardenia Hediona, Grand Morinda, Great Morinda, Headache Tree, Hog Apple, Huevo de Reuma, Indian Mulberry, Kesengel, Kura, Lada, Ladda, Leichhardt´s Tree, Lel, Limburger Tree, Maddi chettu , Mengkoedoe, Mengkudi, Mengkudu, Mengkudu Besar, Mengkudi Besar, Mirier de Java, Molagha, Mona, Monii, Mora de la India, Morinda citrifolia Linn, Ngel, Nhau, Nhau Lon, Nhau Nui, Nho, Nhor Prey, Nhor Thom, Nigua, Nino, Nona, Nono, Nonu, Nuna, Nony, Och, Pain Bush, Pain Killer Tree, Pain Killer Bush, Pina de Puerco, Pinuela, Pomme Macaque, Rubarbe Caraibe, Ruibarbo Caribe, Togari Wood, Urati, Wild Pine, Yor Ban.

References
(1) Valentine, Nicholas (1999). A Preliminary Report on Non-timber Forest Products in Some Pacific Island Countries (with a case study on Morinda citrifolia). SPC/UNDP/AusAID/FAO Pacific Islands Forests & Trees Support Programme. RAS/97/330, Working Paper No. 6.

(2) Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND). Most useful plants of the world in 60 languages and 18 scripts - A Work in Progress. Institute of Land and Food Resources, The University of Melbourne. Australia.

Sorting Morinda names: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Morinda.html



Last Updated on December 7, 2006