Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack.
| Kannada Name : | Kadu karibevu |
| Common Name : | Orange jasmine, Chinese box |
| Family Name : | Rutaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Murraya paniculata |
| Species Type : | Indigenous |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Not known |
| Flowering Period : | All year |
| Fruiting Period : | All year |
| Origin : | South Asia, India, Australia |
Uses
The leaves are astringent, stimulant and tonic. They are used in the treatment of dropsy, diarrhoea and dysentery. The ground-up bark of the roots is both eaten and applied externally in the treatment of body aches. An essential oil is obtained from the flowers.
Description
Evergreen shrubs or trees, 1.8-12 m tall. Bark greyish-white to pale yellowish-grey. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; leaflets 3-7, suborbicular to ovate to elliptic, coriaceous, puberulent to glabrate, glandular punctate, base cuneate, apex rounded to acuminate, margin entire or crenulate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary panicle. Flowers bisexual, white, fragrant. Fruit a berry, orange to vermilion, narrowly ellipsoid, subglobose or rarely ovoid, glabrous, punctate. Seeds 1-2, villous.
