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| Noni, 18.06.2007, Dominican Republic | |
Botanical name: Morinda citrifolia
Noni: Samen/seeds
Healing power:
- to lower high blood pressure,
- anti-inflammatory,
- laxative,
- to strengthen the immune-systeme,
- against cancer,
- calms down at stress,
- for blood-cleansing,
- pain-relieving,
- anti-bacterial,
- the juice of the leaves is used against gout.
How to use:
You drink the juice of the fruits. But also the leaves and the roots are taken.
Description of the plant:
Noni grows perennial as little tree in Hawai and can´t withstand frost. The plant has to handled as house plant and reaches a height up to 1,00 m. Noni wants a sunny to halfshady location in a porous, sandy soil.
Noni belongs to the plants used in Ayurvedic medicine.
Propagation:
Sow the seeds from February to July indoors in flats. Noni needs high temperatures about 30° C for germination. After 3 weeks germination beginns. Some of the seeds germinate later.
