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Noni: Ancient Secret or Modern Miracle?
- Noni comes from the plant family Rubaiceae (comprised of 80 plant species)
- Noni is found mainly in South Pacific (Tahiti), but is also found in Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Africa, Fiji, Guam, the Hawaiian Islands, and the West Indies (including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands).
- Noni has large leaves and small white flowers that bloom year-round
- Noni flowers become a bumpy, pitted fruit several inches long
- Upon ripening, noni's yellow skin thins and becomes translucent and an offensive odor develops
- Noni contains numerous brown seeds that float and can be transported in water; thus the plant is found all over the world
- Noni can grow as high as 20 feet
Morinda citrifolia grows in many different parts of the world in mainly tropical environments and produces a strong-tasting fruit that has
innumerable health benefits.
In the South Pacific and Southeast Asia, knowledgeof noni's healthful benefits
has been passed from parent to child for countless generations. Families used
the noni fruit both internally and externally.
Though noni was widely used and cherished in such areas of the world as French Polynesia, its secrets remained unknown to the rest of the world for thousands of
years. In the twentieth century, ethnobotanists interested in methods of native
healers began to study this remarkable fruit. Even the United States military,
during World War II, studied the usability and benefits of the noni plant, which
were included in the Military Field Handbook for Survival.
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