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Morinda pubescens J. E. Smith

Synonym: Morinda tinctoria Roxb., Morinda coreia Buch.-Ham.

RUBIACEAE

Local Names : മഞ്ഞണാത്തി, Morinda tree.

Flowering Period : March to June.

Distribution : Indo-Malesia

Uses:   Ayurvedic.

Exotic : No.

 Deciduous trees, bark pale brown. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules interpetiolar; lamina elliptic-oblong, margin entire. Flowers bisexual, white, in terminal, globose heads; corolla lobes 4, oblong, recurved; stamens 4, attached to the throat of corolla; anthers exserted; ovary 2-celled or incompletely 4-celled, inferior. Fruit a syncarp, globose, pyrenes 4, oblong; seeds not winged.

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