Morinda morindoides
StarMorinda morindoides
Synonyms: Gaertnera morindoides, Morinda confusa
Safety at a glance
No rule in our tables for this herb: pregnancy, breastfeeding, incompatible pairs (十八反 / 十九畏), herb–drug, dose ceiling. This is not a safety clearance.
Not graded — No toxicity grade is recorded. Most herbs in the catalogue carry none.
Traditionally used for
- Colds & fever
- Bowel health
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In Central and West African folk medicine, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a leaf decoction of Morinda morindoides is taken for malaria, amoebic dysentery, diarrhoea and other parasitic and microbial infections (Tona et al., 2001; Cimanga et al., 2006). Leaf preparations are also applied for fevers and intestinal complaints.
Botanical Description
Morinda morindoides is a woody climbing shrub or liana of the Rubiaceae, reaching several metres in length by scrambling over neighbouring vegetation. The opposite, simple leaves are elliptic to ovate, glossy dark green above and paler beneath, with entire margins and prominent lateral venation; conspicuous interpetiolar stipules occur at the nodes. Small white, tubular flowers are borne in compact axillary heads and are followed by the fleshy, syncarpous compound fruits characteristic of the genus, ripening from green to a darker hue. The species is widely distributed across tropical Central and West Africa, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria and neighbouring countries, where it grows in secondary forest, forest margins, gallery forest and disturbed thickets at low to moderate elevations.
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