Beach Mulberry or Cheese Fruit

Description:

Beach Mulberry / Apatot / Tumbong-aso, Morinda citrifolia Linn. is a tree in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. Its native range extends through Southeast Asia and Australasia, and the species is now cultivated throughout the tropics and widely naturalized. English common names include Great Morinda, Indian Mulberry, Noni, Beach Mulberry, and Cheese Fruit. The plant bears flowers and fruits all year round. The fruit is a multiple fruit that has a pungent odour when ripening, and is hence also known as cheese fruit or even vomit fruit. Also called starvation fruit, despite its strong smell and bitter taste, the fruit is eaten as a famine food. It is oval in shape and reaches 10–18 centimetres (3.9–7.1 in) size. At first green, the fruit turns yellow then almost white as it ripens. It contains many seeds. It grows in shady forests, as well as on open rocky or sandy shores. (Wikipedia)

Habitat:

Along the seashore of San Andres, Catanduanes.

Notes:

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