Noni

Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii

Traditional Medicinal Uses:

* Parts of the fruit are used as a tonic and to contain fever (China, Japan, Hawaii)
* The leaves, flowers, fruit, and bark can treat eye problems, skin wounds and
abscesses, gum and throat problems, respiratory ailments, constipation, and
fever (Pacific Islands, Hawaii)
* Used to treat stomach pains and after delivery (Marshall Islands)
* Heated leaves applied to the chest relieve coughs, nausea, and colic (Malaysia)
* Juice of the leaves is taken for arthritis (Philippines)
* The fruit is taken for lumbago, asthma, and dysentery (Indochina)
* Pounded, unripe fruit is mixed with salt and applied to cuts and broken bones
* Ripe fruit is used to draw out pus from an infected boil (Hawaii)
* Juices of over-ripe fruits are taken to regulate menstrual flow and ease urinary
problems (Malaysia)
* The fruit can be used to make shampoo (Malaysia, Hawaii) and to treat head lice (Hawaii).
* Other exotic diseases treated with the plant include diabetes (widespread) and
venereal diseases.