Murraya (Murraya paniculata)Tagalog: Kamuning

Description: A shrub or small tree growing 2-8m tall. Leaves are odd-pinnate up to 15cm long. Leaflets are 1 or 3-9, ovate, oblong, elliptic, or sub-rhomboid in shape and around 8cm. Flowers are white, and very fragrant. Fruits are red, small, fleshy,

and ovoid.

• Its genus name commemorates Dr. Johann Murray, an eighteenth-century Swedish botanist.

• Kamuning – Murraya paniculata• Family: Rutaceae• Distribution: Found in India to China, southward

to Australia and Polynesia. Grows in thickets in the Philippines.

• Economic Importance: Grown as a hedge plant.• Now pantropic