Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
Family: Rutaceae
Curry leaf tree, Curry bush
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Tree
Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China.
Use: Spice.
Description:
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves pinnate, crowded at twig-ends; leaflets 15-25, asymmetrical, oblique, oblong-lanceolate, margin entire, apex acute. Panicles terminal, corymbose, many-flowered. Flowers small, white. Sepals c. 1 x 1 mm. Petals 5, white. Stamens 10, 5 longer than the others. Berry 8-11 mm across, subglobose, purplish-black when ripe.