Murraya koenigii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.

Synonyms

Bergera koenigii L., Chalcas koenigii (L.) Kurz, Murraya foetidissima Teijsm. & Binnend.

Vernacular names

• Curry bush, curry leaf (En)
• Malaysia: garupillai, karwa pale, kerupulai (Peninsular). Burma (Myanmar): kyaung-thwe
• Cambodia: xantroc
• Laos: dok kibi, 'khi²bê²
• Thailand: samat, som, mo noi (central)
• Vietnam: cari, cơm nguội, ngệt quới koenig.

Distribution

Native to Sri Lanka, India, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China and Hainan; frequently cultivated in the tropics and locally naturalized. In the Malesian region reported from Peninsular Malaysia, Java and Borneo but probably planted throughout.