A list of vernacular names for Morinda citrifolia, the country of origin, and literature reference
Vernacular Name
|
Country
|
Reference
|
ach |
India |
Anonymous 1962; Benthall 1946; Chopra et al. 1958 |
awl tree |
Australia |
Audas 1952? |
India |
Simmonds 1854 |
Java |
Ochse and Bakhuien van den Brink, Jr. 1931 |
Malaya and Polynesia |
Sturtevant 1919 |
ba ji tian |
China |
Porcher 1995-2020 |
baga |
Dominican Republic |
Pierre-Noel 1971 |
bangkoro |
Philipines |
Brown 1946 |
bankoro |
Philipines |
Quisumbing 1951 |
bankudo |
“Pacific world” |
Merrill 1945 |
bengkudu |
Malay |
Porcher 1995-2020 |
Bengkudu daun besar |
Malay |
Porcher 1995-2020 |
Bengkudu laki-laki |
Malay |
Porcher 1995-2020 |
bilimbi |
French West Indies |
Honychurch 1986 |
boi doleur |
Haiti |
Pierre-Noel 1971 |
bumbo |
Africa |
Altschul 1973 |
bungbo |
Africa |
Altschul 1973 |
buñuela |
Dominican Republic |
Pierre-Noel 1971 |
canary wood |
Australia |
Audas 1952?; Maiden 1889 |
cheesefruit |
Australia |
Peerzada et al. 1990 |
coca |
Dominican Republic |
Pierre-Noel 1971 |
doleur |
Haiti |
Little and Wadsworth 1964; Pierre-Noel 1971 |
dye tree |
Hawaii ( USA) |
numerous |
feuille douleur |
Haiti |
Pierre-Noel 1971 |
feuille froide |
Dominica |
Nicolson 1991 |
forbidden fruit |
Barbados |
Gooding et al. 1965 |
fromagier |
Haiti |
Pierre-Noel 1971 |
gardenia hedionda |
Puerto Rico |
Little and Wadsworth 1964; Pierre-Noel 1971 |
gogu atoni |
Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga |
Valentine 1999 |
grand morinda |
Vietnam |
Petelot 1954 |
great morinda |
Australia |
Cribb and Cribb 1975 |
Malaya |
Corner 1952 |
hai ba ji |
Singapore |
Porcher 1995-2020 |
headache tree |
St. Croix |
Millspaugh 1902 |
hog apple |
Cayman Islands |
Proctor 1984 |
Jamaica |
Adams 1972 |
huevo de reuma |
Dominican Republic |
Pierre-Noel 1971 |
i |
Kosrae |
Nelson 2005 |
Indian mulberry |
Australia |
Maiden 1889 |
Florida |
Morton 1981a |
Guam |
Safford 1905 |
Hawaii |
Merlin 1977 |
India |
Benthall 1946; Drury 1873 |
Java |
Ochse and Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1931 |
Puerto Rico |
Little and Wadsworth 1964 |
kesengel |
Palau |
Valentine 1999 |
kura |
Fiji |
Parham 1943; Safford 1905 |
lada |
Guam |
Safford 1905; Stone 1970 |
ladda |
Guam |
Safford 1905 |
large-leaved Morinda |
Hawaii |
Porcher 1995-2020 |
Leichhardt’s tree |
Australia |
Maiden 1889 |
lel |
Palau |
Valentine 1999 |
limburger tree |
Florida |
Morton 1981b |
luo ling |
Singapore and Taiwan |
Porcher 1995-2020 |
maddhi chettu |
Telugu |
Porcher 1995-2020 |
mangalweg |
Yap |
Nelson, 2005 |
mengkoedoe |
Surinam |
Ostendorf 1962; Stahel 1942 |
mengkudu |
Malaya |
Burkhill 1935 |
menkudi besar |
Malaya |
Corner 1952 |
menkudu besar |
Malaya |
Corner 1952 |
mirier de Java |
Seychelles |
Baker 1877 |
molagha |
Telugu |
Porcher 1995-2020 |
mona |
Tahiti |
Smith 1882 |
monii |
Tahiti |
Smith 1882 |
mora de la India |
Cuba |
Roig y Mesa 1945 |
morinda |
Australia |
Webb 1948 |
Puerto Rico |
Little and Wadsworth 1964 |
Surinam |
May 1982 |
Morinda citrifolia Linn |
|
Linnaeus 1762 |
mulberry |
Cayman Islands |
Proctor 1984 |
India |
Watt 1908 |
munja pavattay |
Tamil |
Porcher 1995-2020 |
nano |
Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga |
S. Nelson (unpublished) |
nen |
lagoon Chuukese, Marshall Islands |
Valentine 1999 |
nenu |
Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga |
S. Nelson (unpublished) |
ngel |
Palau |
Valentine 1999 |
nhau |
Vietnam |
Petelot 1953 |
nhau lon |
Vietnam |
Petelot 1954 |
nhau nui |
Vietnam |
Petelot 1953 |
nho |
Laos |
Petelot 1953 |
nhor prey |
Cambodia |
Petelot 1953 |
nhor thom |
Cambodia |
Petelot 1953 |
nigua |
Dominican Republic |
Little and Wadsworth 1964 |
nin |
Marshall Islands |
Valentine 1999 |
nino |
Philippines |
Binua and Bugaring 1982; Brown 1946; Safford 1905 |
Non |
Kiribati |
Nelson 2005 |
nona |
Malaysia |
Safford 1905 |
noni |
Hawaii |
Degener 1945 |
Polynesia |
Massai and Barrau 1956; Merlin 1977 |
Puerto Rico |
Pierre-Noel 1971 |
noni fruit |
Samoa |
Porcher 1995-2020 |
noni plant |
Samoa |
Porcher 1995-2020 |
nono |
Tahiti , Raratonga |
Brown 1935 |
nonu |
Samoa |
Safford 1905 |
Tonga Islands |
Altschul 1973 |
nonu atoni |
Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga |
Valentine 1999 |
nony |
Indonesia ? |
Various internet webs sites |
nopur |
Chuuk |
Nelson (unpublished) |
nuna |
southern India |
Safford 1905 |
pacel |
Indonesia |
Porcher 1995-2020 |
pain bush |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Seaforth et al. 1983 |
pain killer |
Dominica |
Altschul 1973 |
Puerto Rico |
Little and Wadsworth 1964 |
St. Croix, St. Thomas and other Virgin Islands |
Eggers 1879; Millspaugh 1902 |
piña de puerco |
Dominican Republic |
Barker and Dardeau 1930; Pierre-Noel 1971 |
piñuela |
Dominican Republic |
Pierre-Noel 1971 |
pomme macaque |
French West Indies |
Honychurch 1986 |
rubarbe caraibe |
French West Indies |
Honychurch 1986 |
Guadeloupe |
Pierre-Noel 1971 |
ruibarbo caribe |
El Salvador |
Guzman 1947 |
Guadeloupe |
Little and Wadsworth 1964 |
togari wood |
India |
Watt 1908 |
ura |
Rotuma |
McClatchey 2002 |
urati |
Solomon Islands |
Safford 1905 |
weipwul |
Pohnpei |
Nelson 2005 |
wild pine |
Barbados |
Gooding et al. 1965 |
wu ning |
Singapore |
Porcher 1995-2020 |
yor ban |
Thailand |
Ponpangan and Poobrasert 1972 |
Table prepared by Scot C. Nelson, after Morton (1992). Additional names reported by Francis (2002), but geographic location not reported: Pomme de singe, Mouse’s pineapple, Yellow root, Jumbie breadfruit, Feyukke friudem rhubarbe caraibe Literature Cited for Morinda citrifolia names Adams, C. D . 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. Univ. of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. Altschul, S. V. R. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA. Anonymous. 1962. Wealth of India: raw materials. Vol. 6. Coun. Sci. & Indus. Res., Delhi, India. Audas, J. W. 1952?. Native trees of Australia. Whitcombe & Tombs, Ltd., Melbourne, Australia. Baker, J. G. 1877. Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles. L. Reeve & Co., Covent Garden, London. Barker, H. D. , and W. S. Dardeau. 1930. Flore d’Haiti. Serv. Tech. du Dept. Agr. Et de l’Enseignment. Professionnel, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Benthall, A. P. 1946. Trees of Calcutta and its neighborhood. Thacker Spink & Co. 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