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Taxon:  Murraya exotica L.



Summary
Genus:
Murraya
Family:
Rutaceae
Subfamily:
Aurantioideae
Tribe:
Aurantieae
Subtribe:
Merrilliinae
Nomen number:
24702
Place of publication:
Mant. pl. 2:563. 1771 "Murraea"
Verified:
09/28/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Murraya paniculata auct. nonn.
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Reference(s)
  1. Beattie, A. 2011. pers. comm. via e-mail to L. Fowler on 15 Sept 2011.
  2. Chung, N. H. 2011. Circumscription of Murraya and Merrillia (Sapindales: Rutaceae: Aurantioideae) and susceptibility of species and forms to huanglongbing. Unpublished dissertation (University of Western Sydney) 254 pp.
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  4. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  6. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
  7. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  8. Huang, C. C. 1959. Preliminary study on Chinese Rutaceae (3). Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8:100.
  9. Iwatsuki, K. et al. Flora of Japan. 1993-
  10. Li, H. L. et al., eds. Flora of Taiwan. 1975-1979
  11. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  12. Mabberley, D. J. 1998. Australian Citreae with notes on other Aurantioideae (Rutaceae). Telopea 7:342-343.
  13. Merrill, E. D. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. 1922-1926
  14. Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. Flora of Hassan district. 1976
  15. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. Flora of India. 1993-
  16. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
  17. Sosef, M. S. M. et al., eds. 1998. Timber trees: lesser-known timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 5(3):389-391.
  18. Swingle, W. T. & P. C. Reece. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives. 1967
  19. Walker, E. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. 1976
  20. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  21. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
barktree –
Burmese-boxwood –
China-box –
Chinese-box –
Chinese-boxwood –
Chinese-myrtle –
cosmetic-bark-tree –
Hawaiian-mock orange –
jasmine-orange –
mock orange –
orange-jasmine –
orange-jessamine –
satinwood –
French
bois buis –
bois jasmin –
buis de Chine –
German
Jasmin-Orangenraute –
Swedish
doftruta –
Transcribed Chinese
jiu li xiang –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
2Cultivated     
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
2CultivatedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
2CultivatedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
2CultivatedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedNorthern America Mexico  
2CultivatedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Vietnam
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Nigeria
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalboundary/barrier/support Iwatsuki, K. et al. Flora of Japan. 1993-
Environmentalornamental Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
Harmful organism hostcrop diseases Beattie, A. 2011. pers. comm. via e-mail to L. Fowler on 15 Sept 2011.
Materialswood Iwatsuki, K. et al. Flora of Japan. 1993-
Medicinesfolklore Sosef, M. S. M. et al., eds. 1998. Timber trees: lesser-known timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 5(3):389-391.
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://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24702. Accessed 6 April 2026.


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