Murraya paniculata (L.) W.Jack

 
  • Family : RUTACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Rutaceae
  • Species : Murraya paniculata
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Murraya paniculata (L.) W.Jack
  • Common name : Orange Jasmine
  • Vernacular name : Kadu kari bevu (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 4737, HFP 93
  • Key identification features : A large evergreen shrub. Leaves are alternate, pinnately compound with a characteristic aroma. Flowers are in dense clusters, both axillary and terminal, up to 1.5 cm across. Fruit is an ovoid, 1 cm long, one to two-seeded berry.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Wood is used for making Walking Sticks; An excellent natural indicator of underground Manganese ore deposits.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Dakshian Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore, Shimoga, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere

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