Indeterminate origin, tree species. Cryptogenic weed, cultivated.
Other common names
Indian Mulberry en, Mengkudu ms, Mengkudu Besar ms, Pokok ms, Canary-wood en, Cheesefruit en, Great Morinda en, Noni-tree en, Rotten Cheesefruit en, 檄树 zh, 海巴戟天 zh, 诺丽果 zh, Noni en.
Distribution
American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint-Barthelemy, Saint-Martin, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Bahamas, The Gambia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam and Wallis and Futuna.
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