BOTANICAL RECORD
Morinda lucida Benth.
Brimstone tree · Morinda lucida · Rubiaceae
Overview
Probable identification from photographs: small lobed multiple fruit with circular marks, a long peduncle and simple elliptic leaves with entire margins. JB reports a diameter of 1.5 cm. No independent examination; similar species remain to be excluded.
About the illustration
Interpretive botanical illustration generated in the watercolor style of the Ficus and Ceiba plates. It depicts the proposed species with leaf and fruit details, not the measured silhouette of the Odo tree, and does not confirm its identification.
Original ↗- Growth form
- Evergreen tree
- At Odo Valley
- Present at Odo Valley
- In the library
- Existing local flora
- Botanical origin in Ghana
- Native to Ghana
- Location
- Odo Valley · Busua · Ghana
- Known date or period
- Report received 20 September 2026; photo capture date unknown
Field note
Tree reported at Odo Valley in the exchange of 20 September 2026. Tree height, number of individuals, origin of this specimen and photo capture dates were not supplied. No Odo food, medicinal, extraction or dye trial has been reported. Native status applies to the proposed species; it does not confirm this specimen’s identity.
Record sources 6
Sources and origins
Antispermatogenic activity of Morinda lucida extract in male rats
- Author or institution
- Y. Raji, O. S. Akinsomisoye & T. M. Salman
- Publication year
- 2005
- Source link
- View source ↗
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2005.00051.x
- Type
- Rat reproductive-toxicology study
- Page, table or passage
- Abstract: sperm, histology and fertility
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-20
Experimental animal signal; magnitude of human risk and a safe human dose are undetermined.
Morinda lucida Benth. — Plants of the World Online
- Author or institution
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Publication year
- Continuously updated database
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Institutional taxonomic reference
- Page, table or passage
- Accepted name; native range; biome
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-20
Species-level data; does not identify the Odo tree.
Antiplasmodial activity of Morinda lucida Benth. leaf and bark extracts against Plasmodium berghei infected mice
- Author or institution
- O. S. Oladeji, A. P. Oluyori & A. O. Dada
- Publication year
- 2022
- Source link
- View source ↗
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.12.017
- Type
- Experimental mouse study
- Page, table or passage
- Methods and results
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-20
Small animal groups; experimental extracts and doses. Neither a clinical trial nor a human dosage recommendation.
JB — Odo Valley tree, photographs and fruit diameter
- Author or institution
- JB
- Publication year
- 2026
- Type
- Reported observations and supplied photographs
- Geographic origin
- Odo Valley · Busua · Ghana
- Page, table or passage
- IMG_AC083B72-8D08-4177-B334-C626071B5908.jpeg ; IMG_ACC2EFB4-C307-4EE6-BA04-F473916A65B5.jpeg
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Provenance and context
- Photographs supplied and fruit reported as 1.5 cm in the exchange of 20 September 2026. The initial Google Lens suggestion is a lead, not a botanical determination.
Photo capture date unknown. Reported measurement, not independently checked.
Morinda lucida — PROTA
- Author or institution
- C. Zimudzi & D. Cardon
- Publication year
- 2005
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Botanical and ethnobotanical monograph
- Page, table or passage
- Description; uses; properties; management
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-20
Historical synthesis; regional traditions not verified in Busua. Medicinal use does not establish clinical efficacy.
Morinda lucida — relaxation of rat aortic rings
- Author or institution
- R. R. Ettarh et al.
- Publication year
- 2004
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Isolated animal-tissue study
- Page, table or passage
- Abstract: ex vivo experiment
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-20
Ex vivo result; this study does not establish clinical efficacy against hypertension.