Plant Details

Accepted name:: Morinda lucida Benth. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alongua	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
amake	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
brimstone tree	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
brimstonetree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
houensi	Other	Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
hundi hundi goto	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
konkroma	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
kuhia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kweinsido	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
kwensima	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
maticki	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ngole	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ngongouve	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
nsiki	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ope-asi-akwa	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
oruwo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Med. Pl. for Hyperprolactinemia, Nigeria (Sharaibi et al., 2014)
owuru	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
sangongo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
sema	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
weswe	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Roots, Bark		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
root, leaf		Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
Roots		Med. Pl. for Hyperprolactinemia, Nigeria (Sharaibi et al., 2014)
stem bark		Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
roots, bark, leaves	dry roots, dry bark, dry leaves	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
leaves		Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
root, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Morinda lucida	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Morinda lucida Benth	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Morinda lucida Benth.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016) Med. Pl. for Hyperprolactinemia, Nigeria (Sharaibi et al., 2014) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Morinda lucida Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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