MENGKUDU - NONI

Noni (tongue Aceh: keumeudee, Java: pace, kemudu, kudu); cangkudu (Sunda), kodhuk (Madura), tibah (Bali) from Southeast Asia region, belong to the family Rubiaceae. Another name for this plant is Noni (Hawaiian), Nono (Tahiti language), Nonu (Tonga language), ungcoikan (Myanmar language) and Ach (in Hindi),

This plant grows in the lowlands up to an altitude of 1500 m. Noni tree height reaches 3-8 m, has a white flower head. The fruit is a fruit compound, which is still young and has a shiny green spots, and when the old white with black spots.

Traditionally, the people of Aceh use of noni as a vegetable and salad. The leaves are also used as one ingredient nicah peugaga which often appears as a menu obligatory fasting. Noni (keumeudee) because it is often planted near the house in a village in Aceh. Also noni is also often used as a medicine.

The origins

The origin of noni are not separated by the presence of Polynesians who settled the Pacific islands. Polynesians believed to come from (Southeast Asia). In the year 100 BC, the famous brave mengembara.Tanpa apparent reason they crossed the ocean to leave their homeland. There is the impression of wandering in the disappoint with one thing and mean distance themselves from their previous lives. After long wandering, they arrived at around Polynesia, the islands around the South Pacific. The adventurer is immediately fell in love at the sight of the beautiful scenery, beach conditions, and the island.

Interestingly, they seemed to have been preparing to move to another island. This can be evidenced by the number of plants and animals that come to carry, because it is considered essential to sustain life. Some native plants, like bananas, taro, sweet potato, breadfruit, sugar cane, and noni, which brought it dibawanya.Di between, there's still a form of cuttings and shoots. One of the plants, namely Noni, considered sacred items. Since 1500 years ago the population that is now called the Hawaiian islands were known as noni noni. They suspect Latin name Morinda citrifolia plant has many benefits. They see it as a magical Hawaiian plant, because the fruit is believed to cure various diseases.

General characteristics

Tree

Noni tree is not so large, the high between 4-6 m. trunk twisted, branchy stiff, coarse, and has deep roots embedded in the riding. Bark grayish brown or yellowish-brown kuniangan, parted in the shallow, not hairy, bersegai four subsidiaries. Editorial suklalu green throughout the year. Noni is easy to split wood after drying. Can be used to support pepper plants.

Leaf

Thick glossy leaves. Noni leaf is located, face to face. Leaf size were large, thick, and a single. The shape is elliptic-lanceolate, 15-50 x 5-17 cm. leaf edges flat, short pointed tip. The base of the leaf-shaped pegs. Veins pinnate leaves. Hiaju shiny colors, not feathered. Base of the leaves short, measuring 0.5 to 2.5 cm. fulcrum leaf size varies, the width is triangular. Noni leaves can be eaten as a vegetable. High nutritional value because it contains vitamin A.

Interest

Noni inflorescence type tubers round, rimmed 1-4 cm. Flowers grow in the armpit leaves the fulcrum of dealing with leaves that grow normally. The flowers are androgynous. Petals white, funnel-shaped, its length can reach 1.5 cm. Stamens stuck in the mouth of the crown. Berputing two anthers. Flower petal-shaped blooms of such munitions. The flowers are white, fragrant.

Fruit

Petals grow into a round oval fruit of chicken eggs and some have a diameter of 7.5 to 10 cm. The surface of the fruit as divided into polygonal cells (in terms of many) who spotted and warty. At first the fruit is green, a yellowish white before cooking. Once cooked, the white color transparent and soft. The pulp is composed of the fruits of the pyramid-shaped stone, red-brown. Once soft, noni fruit contains a lot of water that smells like rotten cheese. The smell was caused by mixing between the acid and acid kaprik kaproat (lipids or fatty compounds are volatile molecular cluster, a nature such as essential oils) that smells rancid and caprylic acid which taste awful. Presumably both of these compounds are active as an antibiotic.

The content of noni

Nutrients: whole noni fruit is a complete nutritious meal. Nutrients the body needs, such as proteins, viamin, and essential minerals, available in sufficient quantities preformance fruit and noni leaf. Selenium, a mineral found in Noni is a powerful antioxidant. Various types of compounds contained in Noni: xeronine, plant sterois, alizarin, lycine, sosium, caprylic acid, arginine, proxeronine, antra quinines, trace elemens, phenylalanine, magnesium, etc..

Terpenoids. It helps in the process of organic synthesis and recovery of the body's cells.

Bakteri.Zat anti-active substances contained in Noni juice can kill the bacteria that cause infections, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Protens morganii, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Escherichia coli. Anti-bacterial substance that can also control bacterial pathogens (turn off) such as Salmonella montivideo, S. scotmuelleri, S. typhi, and Shigella dusenteriae, S. flexnerii, S. pradysenteriae, and Staphylococcus aureus.

Scolopetin. Scolopetin compound as a very effective element of anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic.

Anti-cancer substances. Anti-cancer substances found in Noni most effective against the abnormal cells.

Xeronine and proxeronine. One of the important alkaloids terdapt in the noni fruit is xeronine. Noni fruit contains very little xeronine, but many contain precursor (precursor) xeronine alias proxeronine in large numbers. Proxeronine is a kind of nucleic acids as the other colloid-colloid. Xeronine absorbed the body's cells to activate proteins that are not active, set the structure and shape of the active cell.