Morinda Root obtained from root of Morinda officinalis How,a subtropical rain forest plant,one of the top four south herbs and its extract.

Contents

• Botanical Info of Morinda Root.
• Morinda Root Plant Descriptions.
• Identification and Preparation:Morinda Root.
• Morinda Root Constituents and Natural Phytochemicals.
• Main Functions:Morinda Root and Morinda Extract.
• Morinda Root Pharmacological Effect Study.
• Archeology and Identification of Morinda Root Origins.
• Morinda Root Main effects and Administration Suggestions.
• Applications and Difference:Morinda Root.
• Morinda Root Traditional combinations and remedies.
• Morinda officinalis cultivation methods.
• Research Update:Morinda Root.

Morinda Root Plant Descriptions.:

Vine-like shrubs. Root succulent hypertrophy, cylindrical, irregular and intermittent swelling, with a rosary. A thin vertical stems of the Prism, childhood was brown coarse wool. Leaves grows crossing; petiole 4-8 mm long, brown Coarse; long oval leaves, 3-13 cm long, 1.5-5 cm wide, short tip gradually sharp or blunt circular base, the entire margin above dark green, often with Tenderness canthus color, and a short value infrequent coarse wool old small slippery when no hair, along the vein below on the short thick hairs, leaf edge short lashes, side 6-7 on the clock; membranaceous, sheath-like. Inflorescence first-shaped,2-10, was born in the top of branchlets Power Plant into umbrella or inflorescence; the pedicel of 3-10 mm, the sewage Brevibacterium Coarse; inverted cone-shaped calyx, a tip irregular teeth crack; Corolla white, succulent, up to 7 mm long, and the corolla throat of the contraction in the face of short Coarse, the majority of three deep crack, crack 14 less; stamen and the same number of flowers segment. Born in the corolla tube near the base, filament short of the ovary, Room 4, style slim, 2 deep crack, possession of the Corolla. Stone nearly spherical diameter of 6-11 mm, red when cooked. There are small nuclear 4 seed, nearly oval or inverted oval, back uplift, flat side, Sophie was white short hair. Flowering period from April to July,fruit august..
 

 Ecological Environment: Grows in the stream valley, the mountain woodland or cultivation field.

 Harvesting and storage: 6-7 years root could be harvested. In autumn and winter,cut succulent roots, wash away the mud drying in the sun to 50% to 60% driness,hit into flat shape by a water stick, then drying to the whole stem.

 Resource distribution: Located in Fujian,Jiu Bei, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, and other areas. Main available from Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan and Fujian.

 Collection: Collect whole yearly. Dried and then steamed through thoroughly, remove wooden core,called "Ba Ji Rou",Segments,and dry. Take raw or with saline. Cultivated Morinda root quality better than wild Morinda root. The root which looks fat,ball chain shape,root thick and color purple the better quality.

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• 1.Morinda Root obtained from root of Morinda officinalis How,a subtropical rain forest plant,one of the top four south herbs and its extract.

This article written and edited via herbalist of MDidea Extracts Professional. They run a range of online descriptions about this herb,including general information related and summarized updating discoveries from findings of professional scientisits this field related.Describe style aimed to form a useful detecting literature space where the intertwined threshold and related questions raise out and visualize themselves.

♣ last edit date:27th,Oct.2010.