Mother and son with fermenting noni fruit in Taipivai village Hiva Oa Marquesas French Polynesia
Mother and son with fermenting noni fruit in Taipivai village Hiva Oa Marquesas French Polynesia travel. It is an evergreen shrub or bush that can grow to a height of between fifteen to twenty feet. The fruit looks like a green grenade which is covered with reddish brown seed pits that give it a lumpy texture. The fruit starts green, turns yellow, ripens to whiteness & falls from the tree. The tree bears fruits all year round. Once one fruit is picked, a new one will take its place after only three months! The noni fruit, in its raw form, smells foul & tastes just as bad. Noni originated in India, it now grows in various parts of the world such as French Polynesia (the best known of these islands is Tahiti), Hawaii, Southeast Asia & etc. It grows best in mineral-rich volcanic ash. The earliest reference to noni being used as a medicine date back several thousand years to India's Sanskrit writings when it was used in Ayurvedic medicine. Noni is used in the native medicinal systems of the islands of the South & Central Pacific, including Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga & Hawaii, Southeast Asia for example Malaysia & the Philippines. Parts used include the bark, leaves, flowers, fruit & seeds. Noni was, and still is, prescribed by the native Polynesian healers to treat pain, inflammation, burns, skin problems, intestinal worms, nausea, food poisoning, fevers, bowel & menstrual problems, insect & animal bites etc.
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