• Family : RUTACEAE
  (Rue Or Citrus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : RUTACEAE
• Basionym : Chalcas paniculata L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack
• Common name : Wild Curry Leaf Tree, Orange Jasmine, Honey bush, Lakeview Jasmine, Kamini
• Vernacular name : Kamini, Marchula (Hindi); Kadu kari bevu (Kannada); Kattukarivepilai (Tamil); Nago golunga, Adavi karepaaku, Nara gongi, Puvvu velaga (Telugu); Banmallika, Biri jugi, Harkinkali, Had kinkali (Oria); Kattumulla, Kottunarakam, Maramulla, Naaragamulla, Palakanni, Paanamar, Vellakkal-thirukan (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also grown in the plains
• Comments / notes : Occasional in shade, especially in ravines.
• Flower, Fruit : April-January
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh & Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 31/10/2015
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0366
• Collection Locality : Way to Yelagiri Hills, Vellore district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Kolar district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• Native : Indian subcontinent
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Malesia to Australia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Murraya paniculata. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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