Apatot
Morinda citrifolia
INDIAN MULBERRY
| Other scientific names | Common names | |
| Morinda littoralis | Apatot (Ilk.) | Lino (Bis., Tag.) |
| Apatot-nga-basit (Ilk.) | Nino (Sul., Tag., Bis.) | |
| Bangkudo (Bis., Tag.) | Rukurok (Kuy.) | |
| Bankoro (Tag., Mag.) | Tueng-aso (Tag.) | |
| Bankuro (Tagb.) | Tumbong-aso (Tag.) | |
| Bankuru (Tag.) | Indian mulberry (Engl.) | |
| Galongog (Sub.) |
| Botany Erect, smooth shrub or small tree, 4-10 meters high. Leaves are broadly elliptic to oblong, 12-25 cm long, with pointed or blunted tips. Peduncles are leaf-opposed, solitary, 1-3 cm long. Flowers are dense, ovoid; calyx is truncate. Corolla is white, 1 cm long; limb is 5-lobed, 1 cm in diameter. Fruit has the odor of decaying chees; is fleshy, white or greenish white, ovoid, 3-10 cm long. Distribution Along or near seashores, throughout the Philippines. Parts utilized: Roots, bark, leaves. Properties Fruit is emmenagogue. Root is cathartic. Bark, because of morindine, is febrifuge Uses Folkloric Fruit is used as emmenagogue. Leaves, when fresh, applied to ulcers, facilitates healing. Heated leave applied to the chest for coughs, nausea, colic, fever. Decoction of charred leaves with mustard for infantile diarrhea. Juice of over-ripe fruit used for diabetes. Juice of fruit pulp, mashed with sugar, is slightly laxative. Syrup of fruit juice used as a gargle for sore throats. Others Pulp of fruit used for cleaning hair, iron, or steel. Young leaves may be eaten as vegetable. Tonic drink is prepared from decoction of pounded leaves and stem bark. Availability Wild-crafted. |
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