Taxon:
Bergera koenigii L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Mant. pl. 2:563. 1771
Verified:
10/11/2006
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Bayer, R. J. et al. 2009. A molecular phylogeny of the orange subfamily (Rutaceae: Aurantioideae) using nine cpDNA sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 96:668-685. URL: http://www.amjbot.org Note: Bergera koenigii is resolved within the Aurantioideae in a subclade distant from Murraya s.s., and all within a non-monophyletic Swingle's Clauseneae
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
- Grosser, J. W. et al. 2000. Somatic hybridization in Citrus: an effective tool to facilitate variety improvement. In Vitro Cell. Developmental Biol., Plant 36:434-449. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
- Guerra, M. et al. 2000. Heterochromatin banding patterns in Rutaceae-Aurantioideae - a case of parallel chromosomal evolution. Amer. J. Bot. 87:735-747. URL: http://www.amjbot.org
- Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397# Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
- Jacas, J. A. et al. 1997. Screening of different citrus rootstocks and citrus-related species for resistance to Phyllocnistis citrella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Crop Protect. 16:701-705. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
- Samuel, R. et al. 2001. Phylogenetic analyses of Aurantioideae (Rutaceae) based on non-coding plastid DNA sequences and phytochemical features. Pl. Biol. 3:77-87.
- Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
- Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
- Swingle, W. T. & P. C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
- Verma, R. S. et al. 2012. Aroma profiles of the curry leaf, Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. chemotypes: variability in north India during the year. Industr. Crops Prod. 36:343-348. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2 Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
Common names
English
currybush – curryleaf – Indian bay – French
arbre à curry – arbre à feuilles de curry – caloupilé – carri poulet – faripoulé – feuilles de curry – German
Curry-Orangenraute – Hindi
barsanga – Portuguese
folhas-de-caril – Swedish
currybladsbuske –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Andhra Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Assam | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Bihar | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Himachal Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Jammu and Kashmir | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Karnataka | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Kerala | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Meghalaya | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Odisha | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Sikkim | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tamil Nadu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Uttar Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | West Bengal | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | n. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | India | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | n. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | lesser cult. elsewhere |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangdong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng (s.), Hainan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India [Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim], Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan (n.)
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INDO-CHINA:
India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Laos, Myanmar, Thailand (n.), Vietnam
Cultivated
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Nigeria
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
Pacific
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | as Murraya koenigii | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1962. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 6:446-447. |
Food additives | flavoring | as Murraya koenigii | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Food additives | flavoring | as Murraya koenigii | Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption |
Materials | essential oils | as Murraya koenigii | Verma, R. S. et al. 2012. Aroma profiles of the curry leaf, Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. chemotypes: variability in north India during the year. Industr. Crops Prod. 36:343-348. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. |
Medicines | folklore | as Murraya koenigii | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |