Most people have heard of noni fruit or noni juice, but hardly anyone knows what it is!

If you look around health-food stores or health websites, you’ll find that noni is everywhere! But do you know what it is? Where it comes from? Its benefits? If not, don’t worry because you’re about to learn exactly what all the fuss is about.

The Noni Fruit

The noni fruit is known by many names including the “great morinda,” “Indian mulberry,” “beach mulberry,” “Tahitian noni,” “nono,” “Mengkudu,” “Nonu,” and “Ach.”

Whatever you want to call it, this fruit was originally found in Southeast Asia but has been carried to other areas by humans. Today, the noni fruit can be found in the pacific islands, French Polynesia, and the West Indies, but Tahiti is where the commercial production of the fruit is most well known.

The noni fruit grows in many different areas including in shady patches in the forest and on the sandy shores of the sea. The plant takes about 18 months to fully mature and will provide four to eight kilograms of fruit every month throughout the entire year!

The good news it that each tree provides tons of fruit, but the bad new is that the fruit is full of seeds (although these can be eaten too)!

Some names for the fruit include “cheese fruit” and “vomit fruit,” because as it ripens it gives off a very unique scent (love or hate it!). The fruit will reach four to seven centimeters in diameter and has a bitter, astringent taste.

Noni is often called the “starvation fruit” because it was traditionally eaten during prolonged famines. Even the seeds from the fruit are edible when roasted, and the fruit is a staple of many different cultures where it’s eaten raw, cooked, salted, and even served with curry.

The noni fruit has been used for ages to treat many different medical conditions such as:

• fever
• eye infections
• bacterial infections
• conditions of the skin
• gum and throat illnesses
• constipation
• gastrointestinal problems
• breathing difficulties

Many cultures use the fruit to help with colic in their babies, coughs in their children, and even nausea.

Noni Juice

While not everyone can grow their own noni fruit, everyone can indulge in noni juice and noni extracts! There are currently more than 300 companies that produce various noni products, so there’s no shortage of noni no matter where you live!