Plant called Noni

[Prirodoslovni muzej Split]

Dear friends,
I'd like to thank to all of you who answered me question about plant species
called Noni.
In all cases, you answered me this: Noni is Morinda citrifolia L. of the
Rubiaceae.

Maybe it was not even to hard for you, but it was to important for me!
Thanks a lot!

Best wishes!

Boze Kokan
Prirodoslovni muzej i zooloski vrt Split
p.p.376
21 000 Split
Croatia
Europe
primust at st.tel.hr
tel/fax: ++385/21/460-989

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Lammers" <lammers at VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU>
To: <TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: Plant called Noni


> At 02:57 PM 4/9/01 +0200, Prirodoslovni muzej Split <primust at ST.TEL.HR>
wrote:
> >could somebody tell me a latin name for a plant species called noni that
> >resides in Tahiti?  It is interesting to me because of its healing
properties.
>
> Noni or Indian Mulberry is Morinda citrifolia L. of the Rubiaceae, native
> from SE Asia to Australia and spread throughout the Pacific by the
> Polynesians.  It is a dye plant, produces an insecticide, and reutedly a
> cure for tuberculosis.  (Wagner et al., Manual of the Flowering Plants of
> Hawai'i, Univ. Hawaiui Press, 1990).
>
>
> Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.
>
> Assistant Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
> Department of Biology and Microbiology
> University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
> Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901-8640 USA
>
> e-mail:       lammers at uwosh.edu
> phone:      920-424-1002
> fax:           920-424-1101
>
> Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and
> biogeography of the Campanulaceae s. lat.
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