• 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 IPNI) : 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 : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also grown in the plains; Deciduous forest
• Comments / notes : Occasional in shade, especially in ravines; It is used in the local workshops for ornamental work and for making walking sticks.
• Key identification features : A small evergreen tree of irregular growth; bark thin, whitish, mealy, branchlets white. Leaves imparipinnate; shortly and bluntly acuminate, base sometimes unequal, dark green and glossy. Flowers Bell-shaped, fragrant, stamina 10. Berry ovoid, shining red when ripe.
• 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
  • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Delhi : Delhi
  • Punjab : Punjab
  • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Islands, Sri Lan
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
• 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.
  • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 110
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Murraya paniculata. Downloaded on 27 July 2024.

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