Mapoon Bush
Morinda reticulata
Also known as Yellow-Dye
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- March-September
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Morinda reticulata
- Genus
- Morinda
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Meghalaya, Telangana, Rajasthan, Assam, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Mizoram, Bihar, Sikkim, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Puducherry, Delhi, Tripura, Haryana, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Chandigarh
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mapoon Bush itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mapoon Bush itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- காஃபி குடும்பம்
- Telugu
- రూబియేసి
- Malayalam
- റുബിയേസീ
About Mapoon Bush
Mapoon Bush (Morinda reticulata) belongs to the Rubiaceae family, where it grows as a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 32 other states. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to September.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Mapoon Bush belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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