Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rutaceae | Genus: Murraya | Species: Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Murraya exotica | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Banasik | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Orange Jasmine | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kamini Kushum | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to about 1500 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Ovoid-ellipsoid 2 cm long with a tapering end, reddish when ripe |
| Habitat | Occurs in shaded ravines in hills | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | Indian subcontinent and Malaysia | Bark Details | Bark pale lenticellate |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | It is a small, tropical, evergreen tree or shrub growing up to 7 m tall. The plant flowers throughout the year. Its leaves are glabrous and glossy occurring in 3-7 oddly pinnate leaflets | Leaf Details | Leaflets alternate, 3- or 5- or sometimes 7 – or very rarely 1-foliolate, varying in size and outline, usually 3.5 -8 X 2-3.5 cm or in smaller forms 1-3.5 X 0.5-1.5 cm, dark green and glossy above, chartaceous to coriaceous, glabrous or minutely puberulous along the midrib at above and beneath, ovate, ovate elliptic, oblong elliptic to obovate, cuneate and oblique at base, obtuse to caudate-acuminate often ntched at apex. |
