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Noni Fruit
Medicinally this odd looking fruit is said to cure everything from stonefish wounds to digestive upsets to far more serious disease. A decoction from the bark, leaves, roots and fruit can be drunk. When ripe or overripe the skin of the fruit becomes almost translucent and the flesh turns soft to develop an unpleasant odour. The odour has led to nickname of the 'starvation fruit' due to the fact that you would have to be starving to eat it as a fresh fruit.
| Height | Frost tol. | Pollination req'd | Evergreen/Deciduous | Harvest period |
| 6 | Low | No | Evergreen | June - August |
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Once you get your head around the smell (blue vein cheese in tom cat's pee) the flavour is really not too bad at all, though it's definitely an acquired taste. The tree does not do too well away from the tropics. | David White - Newcastle, NSW 03-Jun-2006
I HAVE ONE AT MY OTHER HOME BUT I NEVER THOUGHT YOU COULD EAT IT OR THE LEAVES!!! | Lily.s - Brisbane, QLD 15-Nov-2009
I have not grown the fruit (yet) but I have been told from people who have that noni has an affinity with citrus. Drink the noni juice with lemon or orange with a bit of honey. Very healing - similar to aloe vera but more powerful. | Tara Emmerson - Mt Martha, VIC 09-Nov-2011
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