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Murraya paniculata (L.) Jacq.

China Box; Kamini; Orange jessamine

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English China Box; Kamini; Orange jessamine
Français Café de la India
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories India (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh,Punjab, Rajasthan, Bihar, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura, Assam, Orissa, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Sikkim); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Bago, Chin, Mandalay, Yangon); Nepal; Bhutan; Thailand; Laos; Viet Nam; Cambodia; Philippines (Batan, Luzon to Mindanao); Palawan; Sri Lanka; Java; peninsular Malaysia (Kelantan, Perak); Sulawesi; Moluccas; Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; Australia (NE-Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland); Taiwan; China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, S-Guizhou, Hainan, S-Hunan, Yunnan); Ryukyu Isl.; Costa Rica [I]; Mexico [I]; Panama [I]; Jamaica [I]; Peru [I]; Belize [I]; Haiti [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Seychelles [I]; Benin [I]; Cameroon [I]; New Caledonia; Fiji [I]; tropical Africa [I]; Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Ecuador [I]; St. Martin/St. Maarten [I]; St. Barthélémy [I]; St. Eustatius [I]; St. Kitts [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; Grenadines [I]; Cayman Isl. [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Kwajalein [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I]); Guam [I]; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Mozambique [I]; Hawaii [I] (East Maui [I]); USA [I] (Florida [I]); Virgin Isl. [I]; Venezuela [I]; Colombia [I]; Bolivia [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Honduras (i)
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Sapindales
Family Rutaceae
Genus Murraya
Species paniculata
Author citation (L.) Jacq.
Scientific name Murraya paniculata (L.) Jacq.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Bark

China Box;  Kamini;  Orange jessamine

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

China Box;  Kamini;  Orange jessamine

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

China Box;  Kamini;  Orange jessamine

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

China Box;  Kamini;  Orange jessamine

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson