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Botanical Name	Morinda pubescens
Family Name	Rubiaceae
Common Name	Indian Mulberry
Tamil Name	மஞ்சணத்தி, நுணா, மஞ்சள்நுணா
Life Form	Tree, up to 8 m tall
Distribution	Africa, Asia, Madagascar
Botanical Distribution	Habit: Tree, up to 8 m tall; bark rough with deep longitudinal cuts; stem densely pubescent. Leaves:Leaves opposite, decussate, elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, cuneate at base, undulate, entire at margin, acuminate at apex, pubescent-scabrous; 8 - 12-pairs. Stipule 2-lobe, obovate. Head terminal, axillary, leafopposite; peduncle. Flower: Flowers white, spherical head. Calyx cupshaped-urecolate, truncate at apex. Corolla funnealform, tube cylindric, lobe 5, lanceolate, thick, acute at apex,3 - 4-striate with inside. Stamens 5; filament short; anther linear. Ovary ovoid, 2-loculed; ovules 2 per cell; style slender-filiform, stigma 2-lobed, slender. Fruit: Syncarip umglobose, angled, blackish; Seeds: Sseeds many. obovoid-oblong, rugose-reticulate, smooth inside at mouth.
Flowering and Fruiting	May - Sept. and the fruiting throughout the year.
Key Compounds	Flavonoids, coumarins, iridoids and vitamin C.
Medicinal Use	Anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative effects
At the Campus	Botanical garden