"Morinda citrifolia is a tree in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. Its native range extends through Southeast Asia and Australasia, and the species is now cultivated throughout the tropics and widely naturalized." - Wikipedia
Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia
Higher classification: Morinda
"A variety of beverages (juice drinks), powders (from dried ripe or unripe fruits), cosmetic products (lotions, soaps), oil (from seeds), leaf powders (for encapsulation or pills) have been introduced into the consumer market.
Noni is sometimes called starvation fruit. Despite its strong smell and bitter taste, the fruit is nevertheless eaten as a famine food[6] and, in some Pacific islands, even a staple food, either raw or cooked. Southeast Asians and Australian Aborigines consume the fruit raw with salt or cook it with curry. The seeds are edible when roasted.
In Thai cuisine, the leaves (known as bai-yo) are used as a green vegetable and are the main ingredient of kaeng bai yo in which the leaves are cooked with coconut milk. The fruit (luk-yo) is added as a salad ingredient to some versions of somtam." - Wikipedia
I saw a noni tree for the first time in Grenada amazing.
Location: Grenada
Photos: Bryan Bracken
