This tropical fruit is called noni, and while its funky aroma might surprise you, it’s packed with history and resilience. Grown in salty, coastal areas and edible at every stage of its life, noni has been used for generations in traditional medicine.
In this video, I’ll show you what it looks like, share a few cool facts about this rare superfruit!
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These are nonies and this is a noni tree. The fruits are green right now, but when ripe, they smell like stinky cheese, but they were valuable enough for Polynesians to carry them across the Pacific. Noni is native to Southeast Asia and Australasia. Believe it or not, they are part of the coffee family. These trees are survivors, drought tolerant, salt tolerant, and strong enough to grow right by the coast. I found this one on a small familyrun organic farm tucked away just outside the busiest city in Vietnam. Despite the smell, I don’t think any of them are ripe yet. Nona is packed with antioxidants and used for centuries to support digestion, boost immunity, and reduce inflammation. The farmer suggested these fruits can be used at any stage of life. They cut them up, boiling coconut water to drink. I tried a ripe noni before years ago. It didn’t smell like blue cheese, though. Instead, it smelled like dish soap. And this green crunchy that’s not ready. A little bit aringent. So seedy inside.
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hi noni ❤
Stinky cheese?? I am not sure I want to try😅😂
No I juice is really not that bad
It’s here on my farm in Jamaica, but it’s only for the birds. No one eats it. We did not plant them so I’m not sure how they got here.
A fruit I've never heard of
I like my fruit without the cheese 🤔
I Just LOVE HOW HAPPY U ARE WHEN U TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU LOVE❤❤❤❤❤❤
More like NO-NO! The leaves are great for tea and unlike the fruit, do not taste like Swiss Cheese Anchovies😂
They're absolutely vile things. 😂 My aunt make them into tea. They stink and are bitter.
BTW, iirc, they're part of the Austronesian canoe plants package coz the roots are used for dyeing clothes.
Noni tastes better if you dip it in salt, black pepper salt, or chili salt. The ripe ones are white but have a strong smell. The best ones are the big fruits that are just about to ripen.
They floated on the currents just as coconuts do to sprout on another island
😂😂😂 "A little bit astringent." 😂😂😂 Better than dish soap, right??? 😂😂
Also known as puke fruit, the taste can be horrible.
everytime i see this fruit, i gag
In Trinidad and Tobago, the people of my granny’s generation used to eat this as a cleanse or for healing when sick. We call it “Noo-nee”. Now less and less people eat them. The trees are still around but sparse. I had a tree in my garden growing up but never ever tried it. Now that I’m older I want to try eating it.
Australia 🇦🇺 not Australasia
I believe these are the fruits that Moana is seen bringing back to her island in the beginning of the 2nd movie 😀
if you are bihari💀
Wendi! I saw you on the sleaker list for Baker Creeks Spring Planting Festival! Will you be attending on both days!?
I saw those those growing in Hawaii!
Noni fruit is called pace (pah-che) in my language. Some neighbors grow them, but I don't think they eat the fruit. Even the ripe ones would just fall on the street, stinking 😅
Flower season is gorgeous tho. Small, white butterflies surround the tree ❤ Maybe they plant the tree for the butterflies, idk.
Or maybe they didn't plant the trees, like the trees come with the land and they never cut it down. The big crossroad near there is called Sekarpace (flower of the noni tree) 😅
I thought it was a baby soursap. I love soursap. Never had noni.
Sounded like you’re say Annonas instead of Noni
It grows anywhere in the Philippines.
Even if you have a kidney?