Details for: RSD 2010003, Bergera koenigii L., Large leaf curry leaf (Exotica)

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Bergera koenigii L.

Top Name:

Large leaf curry leaf (Exotica)

Origin:

Collected – Hawaii, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside

Received by NPGS:

19 Aug 2010

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Shrub

Life Habit:

Shrub

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Plant	1 count	Please use comment field to indicate germplasm type being requested and quantity.	RSD 2010003 CRC PL

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Bergera koenigii L.

Top Name:

Large leaf curry leaf (Exotica)

Origin:

Collected – Hawaii, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside

Received by NPGS:

19 Aug 2010

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Shrub

Life Habit:

Shrub

Source History

Collected

1980.
Hawaii, United States
Comment: Donor stated that he had collected seeds from Plant It Hawaii Nursery on the Island of Hawaii. Date approximate.
Collector(s):

Spangler, Steve, Exotica Fruit Nursery

Donated

19 August 2010.
California, United States
Comment: NCGRCD received 11 seeds.
Donor(s):

Spangler, Steve, Exotica Fruit Nursery

Accession Names and Identifiers

Large leaf curry leaf (Exotica)

Type: Donor identifier

RSD 2010003

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Exotica Nursery in Vista, California, was visited with David Karp and Steve Facciola on 08/19/2010. The owner, Steve Spangler, has two types of Curry leaf. This accession represents what he refers to as the "large leaved" type. See source information for origin. This accession produces seed, although it is sometimes propagated by air layering. The other type, which he referred to as the "small leaved" type, had a different origin. Exotica has (or has had) two different types of small-leaved Curry leaf. One type was obtained from seeds collected from the Wahiawa station in Hawaii, not too far from Dole pineapple planting. However, it is possible that all these plants had been sold. The other source of small-leaved Curry leaf was California Tropical Fruit Tree Nursery, Vista, California (Perry Coles). Air layers from this source produced the large tree planted in the ground that was observed on the visit. Mr Spangler stated that the small-leaved type had a more pungent aroma than the large-leaved type and that the local population of sub-continental heritage prefer the small-leaved type. He typically sells several hundred Curry leaf plants each year. Most of these are the large-leaved type, since the small-leaved type typically does not flower or fruit and so is propagated almost exclusively by air layering, which has a lower success rate. Mr Spangler stated that the large-leaved type typically achieves about 80 % germination. The current Repository accession of Curry leaf, PI 539745, appears to be closer in appearance to the small-leaved type at Exotica, thus RSD 2010003 may represent a new genotype or variety. Information synthesized from visit and follow-up telephone call to D Karp on 08/28/2010. (RR Krueger, 08/20/2010)

Bergera koenigii L.

Genus:

Bergera

Family:

Rutaceae

Subfamily:

Aurantioideae

Tribe:

Clauseneae

Nomen number:

7011

Place of publication:

Mant. pl. 2:563. 1771

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

10/11/2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chalcas koenigii (L.) Kurz
Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	currybush	1	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Murraya koenigii
English	curryleaf	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Indian bay	1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
French	arbre à curry	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Murraya koenigii
French	arbre à feuilles de curry	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Murraya koenigii
French	caloupilé	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Murraya koenigii
French	carri poulet	2	Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes. Note: as Murraya koenigii
French	faripoulé	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Murraya koenigii
French	feuilles de curry	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Murraya koenigii
German	Curry-Orangenraute	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1564. Note: as Murraya koenigii
Hindi	barsanga	2	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1962. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 6:446-447.
Portuguese	folhas-de-caril	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Murraya koenigii
Swedish	currybladsbuske	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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