Sunlight for Curry Leaf?

Full sun to light shade. Best growth in 5–7 hours of direct sun; tolerates dappled forest-edge light and afternoon shade in extreme summers.

Water for Curry Leaf?

Moderate, regular. Even moisture during growing season; reduce in winter dormancy. Drought-stressed trees defoliate but typically recover with the next monsoon.

Well-drained loam. Adapts to a wide range of soils; prefers slightly acidic to neutral loam pH 6.0–7.5 with good drainage.

Temperature for Curry Leaf?

20–35 °C. Tropical preference; foliage damaged below 5 °C, killed by hard frost. In North India bring potted plants indoors in winter.

What is Curry Leaf used for medicinally?

Leaf juice in Ayurveda for nausea, diarrhoea, and digestive complaints; Bark and root decoctions in traditional snakebite remedies; Folk remedy for anaemia (the leaves are iron-rich)

What does the scientific name Murraya koenigii mean?

Murraya: Named by Linnaeus in honour of Johan Andreas Murray, an 18th-century Swedish physician and botanist. koenigii: Honours Johann Gerhard König, a German-Danish naturalist who collected extensively in southern India.

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Murraya koenigii

Curry LeafTree

Murraya koenigii is a small aromatic tree native to the Indian subcontinent, cultivated everywhere South Asian food is cooked for its pinnate leaves whose distinctive curry-leaf aroma is essential to South Indian and Sri Lankan cuisines.

FamilyRutaceae

GenusMurraya

NativeIndian Subcontinent

LifespanPerennial; productive 20–30 years, individual specimens to 50+ years

Classification

KingdomPlantae

CladeTracheophytes

CladeAngiosperms

ClassMagnoliopsida

OrderSapindales

FamilyRutaceae

GenusMurraya

SpeciesM. koenigii

Binomial NameMurraya koenigii

Author(L.) Spreng., 1825

Common NameCurry Leaf

Life FormTree

Growth HabitTree

Taxonomic Hierarchy

KingdomPlantae

CladeTracheophytes

CladeAngiosperms

ClassMagnoliopsida

OrderSapindales

FamilyRutaceae

GenusMurraya

Taxonomic Notes

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis belongs to the family Malvaceae.
The genus Hibiscus includes over 200 species of shrubs, trees, and herbs.
This species is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant.

Murraya koenigii

Classification

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Taxonomic Notes

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Same Family

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