Facts About Noni

• Also known as Nonu, Nono (in Tahiti and Raratonga), Indian Mulberry (in India), Mengkudo (in Malaysia), Nhau (in Southeast Asia), Polynesian Bush Fruit, Painkiller Tree (in Caribbean islands), Grand Morinda (in Vietnam), Cheesefruit (in Australia), Kura (in Fiji) or Bumbo (in Africa) and et al.
• Scientific name is Morinda Citrifolia.
• It is an evergreen shrub or bush and can grow to heights of between fifteen to twenty feet.
• The fruit looks like a green grenade and is covered with reddish brown seed pits that give it a lumpy texture.
• The noni fruit starts green, turns yellow, ripens to whiteness and falls from the tree.
• The tree bears fruits all year round. Once one fruit is picked, a new one will take its place after only three months!
• The noni fruit, in its raw form, smells foul and tastes just as bad.
• Originated in India, it now grows in various parts of the world such as French Polynesia (the best known of these islands is Tahiti, Hawaii and Southeast Asia.
• It grows best in mineral-rich volcanic ash.
• Earliest reference to noni being used as a medicine date back several thousand years to India’s Sanskrit writings when it was used in Ayurvedic medicine.
• Noni is used in the native medicinal systems of the islands of the South and Central Pacific, including Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga and Hawaii, Southeast Asia for example Malaysia and the Philippines.
• Though widespread, it is the French Polynesians who really made noni a part of their cultural life.
• Noni was, and still is, prescribed by the native Polynesian healers to treat pain, inflammation, burns, skin problems, intestinal worms, nausea, food poisoning, fevers, bowel and menstrual problems, insect and animal bites et al.
• Viritually every part of the noni plant is used for its individual medicinal properties : fruit, seeds, flowers, roots and bark.
• Noni was introduced to the western world in early 20th century.
• There are over 150 nutraceuticals have been found in the noni fruit, some of those identified are : anthraquinones, beta-carotene, calcium, linoleic acid, magnesium, pectin, potassium, proline, protein, proxeronine, proxeroninease, scopoletin, beta-sitosterols, sterols, phenylalanine and tyrosine, ursolic acid, all the B vitamins and antioxidants like vitamin C, proanthocyanadins and anthocyanadins.
• According to Dr. Neil Solomon, who is considered a recognized leader in medical nutrition and nutraceuticals, noni has been reported to be safe for pregnant and/or nursing mothers. Noni can also be taken with all medications and other food supplements.
• It is non-addictive.
• Main noni juice makers obtain their noni fruits from Hawaii and Tahiti.
• A juice from Tahiti, marketed by Tahitian Noni International has been included in the 2003 edition of the Physicians Desk Reference for Non-Prescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements to document its significant health-promoting capabilities.
• In 2003, the Commission of The European Communities authorized the sale of this juice by Tahitian Noni International in Europe as a novel food. The announcement, issued from Brussels, Belgium, came after years of testing and research, proving the safety of the juice of the Morinda citrifolia or noni fruit. This company’s noni juice is the first noni juice product approved for sale in Europe.

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