Family: Rubiaceae
Plant: A woody climber or scrambling herb with stems 2-3m long.
Flowers: White to purplish, tubular with petals recurved and spreading, 8mm across and in terminal heads of 3 to 20 flowers.
Flowering: November-December.
Fruit: Orange to red berry-like fruit up to 1.5cmmm diameter.
Leaves: Lanceolate to obovate 2.5-8cm long and 1-3cm wide with tip tapering to a point and with domatia visible on lower surface at junctions of mid-vein and lateral veins. The leaves are oppositely arranged and appearing 2-ranked or pinnate. They are glossy above with a duller underside.
Habitat: In and near rainforest.
Features: Climber. Opposite leaves. Domatia on leaves. Orange fruit.
Name:
Morinda From Latin morus = mulberry and indicus = indian (referring to it being like an Indian Mulberry)
jasminoides From the plant being Jasmine-like
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Type |
Climber/Scrambler |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster, |
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Colour(s) |
White, Purple |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Few, 4 |
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Flowering Month |
11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Berry, Drupe, Other |
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Colour |
Red, Orange |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple, Compound |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Short, Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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