Curry tree

This article is about the tree which produces aromatic leaf often used in Indian cuisine. For the European plant sometimes called curry plant, see Helichrysum italicum.

Curry tree
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Bergera
Species:
B. koenigii
Binomial name
Bergera koenigii
Synonyms[3]
  • Camunium koenigii (L.) Kuntze
  • Chalcas koenigii (L.) Kurz
  • Chalcas siamensis (Craib) Tanaka
  • Murraya foetidissima Teijsm. & Binn.
  • Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
  • Murraya siamensis Craib
  • Nimbo melioides Dennst.

The curry tree or Bergera koenigii (syn. Murraya koenigii), is a tropical and sub-tropical tree in the family Rutaceae (the rue family, which includes rue, citrus, and satinwood), native to Asia.[4] The plant is also sometimes called sweet neem, though M. koenigii is in a different family from neem, Azadirachta indica, which is in the related family Meliaceae.

Its leaves, known as curry leaves, also referred to as sweet neem, are used in many dishes in the Indian subcontinent.

  1. ^ Plummer, J. (2021). "Curry Leaf, Murayya koenigii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T156236806A166564522. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T156236806A166564522.en. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Murraya koenigii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. ^ "Bergera koenigii L." Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Murraya koenigii". Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, USA. 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.