MORINDA ~ Other Uses

Morinda ~ Mengkudu

                                                           Morinda Tree


 The bark of the Great Morinda produces a reddish purple and brown
dye in making Batik and the tree was widely grown for this purpose
in Java. In Hawaii , a yellowish dye was also extracted from the roots
and also used to dye cloth. The tree was also purposely planted to
provide support for pepper vines and shade tree for coffee bushes and
also as a wind - break in Surinam.