Morinda root
<p><i ><b>Morinda officinalis</b></i>, also known as <b >Indian Mulberry</b>, (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language" >Chinese</a>: <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B7%B4%E6%88%9F%E5%A4%A9" class="extiw" title="wikt:巴戟天" >巴戟天</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin" >pinyin</a>: <em ><i>ba ji tian</i></em>) is a plant in the<i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morinda" title="Morinda" >Morinda</a></i> genus.</p>
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The root of <i>M. officinalis</i> is used in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine" title="Traditional Chinese medicine" >traditional Chinese medicine</a>.<sup class="Template-Fact" >[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" >citation needed</a></i>]</sup>
Known ingredients include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morindin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morindin (page does not exist)" >morindin</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C" title="Vitamin C" >vitamin C</a>.<sup class="Template-Fact" >[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" >citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
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<i ><b>Morinda</b></i> is a genus of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant" title="Flowering plant" >flowering plants</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubia" title="Rubia" >madder</a> family, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubiaceae" title="Rubiaceae" >Rubiaceae</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GRIN_1-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morinda#cite_note-GRIN-1" >[2]</a></sup> The generic name is derived from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" title="Latin" >Latin</a> words <i >morus</i>, meaning "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_(plant)" title="Morus (plant)" >mulberry</a>," and <i >indica</i>, meaning "of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India" >India</a>," referring to the shape of the fruits.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morinda#cite_note-2" >[3]</a></sup></p>
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Morinda is used as a herb in Traditional Japanese, Korean and Chinese Medicine. In Chinese medicine, the root of morinda is known as <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B7%B4%E6%88%9F%E5%A4%A9" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:巴戟天" >巴戟天</a> or simply 巴戟.</p>
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The herb commonly called the morinda is botanically known as Morinda citrifolia. The <a href="http://www.herbs2000.com/h_menu/1_garden_names.htm" >name</a> noni is also used for commercial purposes.</p>
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