CIARI Sampada ( Morinda citrifolia L.)

CIARI Sampada variety is vigorous, consistent yielder, medium sized fruits, above bearer, rich in phyto chemical compounds with high antioxidant activity as demanded by industry. Well suited to tropical climatic conditions of Islands. Fruiting starts at 12-14 months. It matures early in about 110 -120 days and can be harvested from fruit setting to full maturity stage. The average yield is 15.0-17.0 t/ha/year. This variety is released by IVRC (ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair) in 2014. It is suitable as an intercrop in coconut plantations.

Benefit: It can be grown round the year. Well suited to tropical climatic conditions of Islands. Suitable as intercrop in coconut plantations.

Scientific team : D.R. Singh, Shrawan Singh, Krishna Kumar & Ajanta Birah