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Ancient
peoples of what is now known as French Polynesia, colonized islands
throughout the South Pacific. As they made their voyages from
island to island in the ocean-going canoes, they brought with
them sacred plants from their home islands.
These plants contained the basic foods, construction materials
and medicines used by the Polynesian colonizers. Perhaps the most
important of these plants is known as Morinda citrifolia . Ancient
manuscripts handed down from generation to generation, describe
many uses for this plant.
This
plant . In Malaysia, it is known as Mengkudu.
In Southeast Asia it is known as Nhau. In the islands of the South
Pacific the plant is known as Nonu , in Samoa and Tonga. Nono
in Raratonga and Tahiti, and Noni in the Marquesas Islands and
Hawaii. Here it has become and integral part of the Polynesian
culture. An important source of food, the noni fruit of the Morinda
citrifolia tree has been used for centuries as a food source.
Early Polynesians recognized its pure value and consumed it in
times of famine.
During
World War II, soldiers based on tropic Polynesian islands were
taught by the native Polynesian people to eat the noni fruit to
. The noni
fruit became a staple food choice for people of Raratonga, Samoa
and Fiji who ate the noni fruit raw or cooked. Australian Aborigines
were fond of the noni and consumed it raw with salt. Seeds, leaves,
bark and root were also consumed by people familiar with the qualities
of this unusual plant.
"I believe that we have much to learn
from the traditional use of the amazing plant. The wonderful thing
about the Morinda citrifolia plant is that every part is valued
and used."
Dr. Neil Solomon on Noni
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