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Morinda citrifolia is a small tree or large evergreen shrub approximately 3Ð10 m in height at maturity and 15 cm or more in stem diameter. The plant sometimes finds support on other plants as a liana. The sapwood is soft and yellow-brown and the bark relatively smooth to slightly rough and grey or light brown. The light green, four-angled twigs have opposite, pinnately veined, glossy leaves attached by stout petioles, 1.5Ð2 cm long. Stipules are connate or distinct, 10Ð12 mm long, the apex entire or two- to three-lobed. The membranous, glabrous leaf blades range from elliptic to elliptic-ovate and range in size from 20 to 45 cm long and 7Ð25 cm wide. The tubular flowers are perfect, with about 75Ð90 in ovoid to globose heads. Peduncles are 10Ð30 mm long;the calyx a truncated rim. The corolla is white, five lobed, with the tube greenish white, 7Ð9 mm long and lobes oblong-deltate, approximately 7 mm long. There are five stamens, scarcely exserted and the style is about 15 mm long. Fruit (a syncarp) are yellowish white and fleshy, 5Ð14 cm long, about 3Ð7.5 cm in diameter, soft and fetid when ripe. Seeds are brown, about 4Ð9 mm long and have a distinct air chamber. The plant has a rooting habit similar to citrus and coffee, with an extensive lateral root system and a deep taproot (Janick and Paull, 2008).

Related crop

  • Morinda citrifolia
  • Coffea
  • Citrus

Related invasive species

  • Yellows

Related Farm Practice

  • Rooting
  • Sapwood
  • Light
Has Cabi datasheet ID
34854
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