Taxon: Murraya exotica L.

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Common names:

• barktree   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• Burmese-boxwood   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – English
  
• China-box   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• Chinese-box   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Chinese-boxwood   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – English
  
• Chinese-myrtle   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – English
  
• cosmetic-bark-tree   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Hawaiian-mock orange   (Source: Gard Hawaii ) – English
  
• jasmine-orange   (Source: Cornucopia ) – English
  
• mock orange   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• orange-jasmine   (Source: A. Beattie, p.c.) – English
  
• orange-jessamine   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• satinwood   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• jiu li xiang   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• bois buis   (Source: F Mascar ) – French
  
• bois jasmin   (Source: F Mascar ) – French
  
• buis de Chine   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – French
  
• Jasmin-Orangenraute   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• doftruta   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Harmful organism host: crop diseases   (for citrus fide A. Beattie, pers. comm.)
  
• Environmental: boundary/barrier/support   (fide F Japan, as M. paniculata)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide F Ceylon)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide F Japan, as M. paniculata)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Pl Res SEAs 5(3):389. 1998)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Fujian [s.], Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou [s.], Hainan
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indo-China: Vietnam [n.]

• AFRICA
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania
  West Tropical Africa: Benin; Nigeria
  South Tropical Africa: Mozambique; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: South Africa
  Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar; Mauritius; Reunion
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China [s.]
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Mexico
• PACIFIC
  Southwestern Pacific: Fiji
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cuba
• also cultivated elsewhere

References:

• PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). [= M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• Beattie, A. 2011. pers. comm. via e–mail to L. Fowler on 15 Sept 2011. [re. M. exotica vs. M. paniculata].
• 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.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. [accepts, for cult. species derived from wild M. paniculata].
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. [= M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. [= M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. [= M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. [= M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• Huang, C. C. 1959. Preliminary study on Chinese Rutaceae (3). Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8:100. [= M. paniculata var. exotica (L.) Huang].
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. [= M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975–1979. Flora of Taiwan. [= M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. [= M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• Mabberley, D. J. 1998. Australian Citreae with notes on other Aurantioideae (Rutaceae). Telopea 7:342–343. [perhaps best treated as a cultivar of M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• Merrill, E. D. 1922–1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. [= M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district. [= M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India. [= M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. [= M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• 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):389–391.
• Swingle, W. T. & P. C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives. [= M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. [= M. paniculata (L.) Jack].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Murraya exotica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Murraya exotica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Murraya exotica.

Synonyms:

• (=) Murraya paniculata auct. nonn.
  

Check other web resources for Murraya exotica L.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• PROTABASE: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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