Mock orange
StarMurraya paniculata
Synonyms: Connarus santaloides, Murraya japonensis, Murraya exotica var. buxifolia, Murraya amoena, Limonia malliculensis, Chalcas exotica, Murraya scandens, Camunium exoticum, Murraya paniculata var. buxifolia, Chalcas japanensis, Murraya exotica var. paniculata, Chalcas paniculata, Marsana buxifolia, Murraya paniculata var. exotica, Connarus foetens
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In South and Southeast Asian folk medicine, orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) leaves are boiled as a gargle for toothache and oral complaints and the twigs used to clean the teeth, while in Chinese medicine leaf decoctions are taken for dysentery, stomach ache, swellings and skin irritations (Indian, Malaysian and Chinese ethnomedicine records).
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Botanical Description
Murraya paniculata, commonly called orange jasmine or mock orange, is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the citrus family (Rutaceae), usually growing 2-7 m tall with smooth, pale grey bark and a dense, rounded crown. The glossy dark green leaves are pinnately compound, up to about 17 cm long, with as many as seven alternate, ovate to elliptic leaflets that are smooth and aromatic when crushed. The plant is prized for its intensely fragrant flowers, which are white or cream-coloured with five petals 13-18 mm long, borne in loose terminal or axillary clusters and strongly scented of orange blossom. The fruit is an ovoid, smooth, orange-red berry 12-14 mm long containing one or two densely hairy seeds. Native to South and Southeast Asia, southern China and northern Australia, it is widely cultivated throughout the tropics and subtropics as an ornamental hedge and specimen plant valued for its perfume and ornamental fruit.
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