Herbarium JCB

Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.

Family : RUTACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Rutaceae
Species : Murraya koenigii
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
Common name : Curry Leaf Tree
Vernacular name : Kaidarya (San.); Karepaak (Hin.); Kari Bevu, Bevare (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 10857, KFP 12856
Key identification features : An evergreen small tree. Bark is dark green to brownish that can be peeled off longitudinally. Leaves are compound. Inflorescence is a bunch of 60-90 small flowers (1 cm across), which are mildly fragrant. Fruit is globose to oblong, of about 1.4 cm dia, pulpy and deep purple or black and shiny when ripe.
Habit : Tree
Native : India, Sri Lanka, China, Laos, Myanmar
Comments : Leaves are a familiar ingredient of many Indian cuisines and are rich in iron.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Cultivated/Planted
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1996; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere