Noni plant information
What is noni plant?
Where does Noni fruit actually grow and what is the Noni plant? The name of the Noni plant is Morinda citrifolia. There are many different names for it from more commonly known Great morinda to simply Noni in Hawaii and Nono in Tahiti, Indian mulberry, and Ach in Hindi. Noni plant is a shrub or small tree and grows in Southeast Asia. Or at least that is where the Noni plant originally comes from. Noni plant has been extensively spread around by humans. Now it grows in India, Pacific islands all the way to French Polynesia. Tahiti for instance is one of the most known places for Noni plant.About Noni plant
Noni plant likes forests with not to much sun as well as really open places like sea shores. The plant can tolerate pretty salty soils and can live through long dry periods. Because of this it can be found in lots of different surroundings from volcanic and lava grounds to limestone areas. The plant needs around 18 months to be fully grown. A fully grown Noni plant can be up to 9 meters tall and has big dark green leaves. From then on it gives 4-8 kg of Noni fruit a month all year long.Noni fruit information
As said Noni plant gives fruit all year long. It flowers all the time with small white flowers. Noni fruit that grows afterwards can be from 4 to 7 cm big and full of seeds. At the beginning the fruit is green but then it turns first yellow and at the end almost white. Noni fruit itself has an unpleasant odor when it ripens. Because of this odor the fruit is also called cheese fruit or vomit fruit.Because of the smell Noni Fruit was (is) mostly only eaten in the time of famine. People from Southeast Asia and Aborigines from Australia eat it raw with some salt or cooked with curry. You can also eat the seeds once they are roasted.
