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Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Morinda citrifolia L.

Reference
Sp.Pl. [Linnaeus] 1:176 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tree or shrub, 1-6 m high. Fl. white, Apr or Jun to Sep. Shallow skeletal soils. In rocky crevices on coastal sandstone hillsides, cliffs & outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 March 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Darwin Coastal, Indian Tropical Islands, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost.
IMCRA Regions
Cambridge-Bonaparte, Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.