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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Rubiaceae (アカネ科) > Morinda citrifolia
Morinda L. (ヤエヤマアオキ)Yaeyama-aoki (ヤエヤマアオキ), Indian mulberry or great morindaLifeform: evergreen short tree, ≈ 8-10 m in height Distribution: India- eastern Asia - Philippines - Taiwan - Japan (Bonin Islands and Ryukyu Islands) - Pacific Islands- eastern Australia (origin, Moluccas in Indonesia) Habitat: widespread, e.g., forests, grasslands, open areas, abandoned pastures and coconut plantations |
Seed dispersal: water (ocean current) Use: ornamental and edible (fruit) Cultivars: variegated form |
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[1-3] in the glasshouse of Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on September 17 2022.