Taxon:  Bergera koenigii L.



Summary
Genus:
Bergera
Family:
Rutaceae
Subfamily:
Aurantioideae
Tribe:
Clauseneae
Nomen number:
7011
Place of publication:
Mant. pl. 2:563.  1771
Verified:
10/11/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
14 (7  active, 5  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chalcas koenigii (L.) Kurz
Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Bayer, R. J. et al. 2009. A molecular phylogeny of the orange subfamily (Rutaceae: Aurantioideae) using nine cpDNA sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 96:668-685. Note: Bergera koenigii is resolved within the Aurantioideae in a subclade distant from Murraya s.s., and all within a non-monophyletic Swingle's Clauseneae
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
  4. Grosser, J. W. et al. 2000. Somatic hybridization in Citrus: an effective tool to facilitate variety improvement. In Vitro Cell. Developmental Biol., Plant 36:434-449. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
  5. Guerra, M. et al. 2000. Heterochromatin banding patterns in Rutaceae-Aurantioideae - a case of parallel chromosomal evolution. Amer. J. Bot. 87:735-747.
  6. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
  7. Jacas, J. A. et al. 1997. Screening of different citrus rootstocks and citrus-related species for resistance to Phyllocnistis citrella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Crop Protect. 16:701-705. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
  8. Samuel, R. et al. 2001. Phylogenetic analyses of Aurantioideae (Rutaceae) based on non-coding plastid DNA sequences and phytochemical features. Pl. Biol. 3:77-87.
  9. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
  10. Shivakumar, V. S. et al. 2017. Analysis of whole chloroplast genomes from the genera of the Clauseneae, the curry tribe (Rutaceae, Citrus family. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 117:135-140.
  11. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
  12. Swingle, W. T. & P. C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
  13. Verma, R. S. et al. 2012. Aroma profiles of the curry leaf, Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. chemotypes: variability in north India during the year. Industr. Crops Prod. 36:343-348. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
  14. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcurrybush  1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Murraya koenigii
Englishcurryleaf  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
EnglishIndian bay  1Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Frencharbre à curry  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Murraya koenigii
Frencharbre à feuilles de curry  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Murraya koenigii
Frenchcaloupilé  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Murraya koenigii
Frenchcarri poulet  2Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes. Note: as Murraya koenigii
Frenchfaripoulé  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Murraya koenigii
Frenchfeuilles de curry  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Murraya koenigii
GermanCurry-Orangenraute  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1564. Note: as Murraya koenigii
Hindibarsanga  2Council 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.
Portuguesefolhas-de-caril  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Murraya koenigii
Swedishcurrybladsbuske  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Shengs.Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAndhra Pradesh Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaBihar Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKerala Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaOdisha Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan n.Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndiaAndaman and Nicobar Islands Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand n.Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
2Cultivated    lesser cult. elsewhere 
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Sosef, M. S. M. et al., eds. 1998. Timber trees: lesser-known timbers. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(3):391.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Sosef, M. S. M. et al., eds. 1998. Timber trees: lesser-known timbers. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(3):391.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. Note: mentions
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
2CultivatedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng (s.)]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India [Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka], Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan (n.)
  • INDO-CHINA: India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Laos, Myanmar, Thailand (n.), Vietnam
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji

Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
  4. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
  6. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  7. Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. Note: mentions
  8. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  9. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
  10. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
  11. Sosef, M. S. M. et al., eds. 1998. Timber trees: lesser-known timbers. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(3):391.
  12. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  13. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalas Murraya koenigiiCouncil 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.
Food additivesflavoring Shivakumar, V. S. et al. 2017. Analysis of whole chloroplast genomes from the genera of the Clauseneae, the curry tribe (Rutaceae, Citrus family. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 117:135-140.
Food additivesflavoringas Murraya koenigiiMarkle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Food additivesflavoringas Murraya koenigiiKunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
Materialsessential oilsas Murraya koenigiiVerma, R. S. et al. 2012. Aroma profiles of the curry leaf, Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. chemotypes: variability in north India during the year. Industr. Crops Prod. 36:343-348. Note: = Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
Medicinesfolkloreas Murraya koenigiiDuke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs Note: as Murraya koenigii
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=7011. Accessed 12 May 2026.