Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Murraya paniculata
Common name
Murraya, Orange Jessamine, Orange Jasmine, Mock Orange, Satin-wood, China-box, Chinese Box, Common Jasmine-orange, Cosmetic Bark Tree, Hawaiian Mock Orange, Honey Bush, Mock Lime
Family
Rutaceae
Where found
Forest, bushland, woodland, pastures, disturbed sites, gardens, roadsides, and along streams. Mainly coastal north of Shellharbour. Rarely Blue Mountains.
Notes
Introduced shrub or tree to 8 m high. Fruit fleshy. Bark rough, longitudinally furrowed. Young branches hairy with minute hairs, becoming hairless. Leaves with a citrus or spicy odour when rubbed, alternating up the stems, compound, 6-20 cm long, with 3–10 leaflets each 1.5–9 cm long, 5–60 mm wide, upper surface glossy, lower surface dull and paler, margins entire to obscurely scalloped, tips pointed. Flowers fragrant, white, with 5 petals each 9–18 mm long, curved backwards. Flowers in clusters of up to 8 flowers. Flowering: irregularly throughout the year. Fruit bright orange red when ripe, shiny, oval to oval, 9-11 mm long.
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PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Murraya~paniculata (accessed 24 January, 2021)
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