Murraya paniculata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack, Malayan Misc. 1(5): 31 (1820)

Basionym
- Chalcas paniculata L., Mant. Pl. 1: 68. (1767)
Homotypic
- Murraya exotica var. paniculata (L.) Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 45 (1858)
Heterotypic
- Camunium exoticum (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 99 (1891)
- Camunium exoticum var. pubescens Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 99 (1891)
- Chalcas exotica (L.) Millsp., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 25 (1895)
- Chalcas japanensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 271 (1790)
- Connarus foetens Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 525 (1837)
- Connarus santaloides Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 366 (1845), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
- Limonia malliculensis J.R.Forst. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 47 (1840)
- Marsana buxifolia Sonn., Voy. Indes Orient., ed. 2, 3: 282 (1782)
- Murraya amoena Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 320 (1796)
- Murraya exotica L., Mant. Pl. 2: 563 (1771)
- Murraya exotica var. buxifolia Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 45 (1858)
- Murraya japonensis (Lour.) Raeusch., Nomencl. Bot. Pl. Illustr., ed. 3: 119 (1797)
- Murraya paniculata var. buxifolia (Sonn.) Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 45 (1858)
- Murraya paniculata var. exotica (L.) C.C.Huang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 100 (1959)
- Murraya scandens Hassk., Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 9: 233 (1866)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan

Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Andaman Is., Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
- Regional: Malesia
  - Borneo, Christmas I., Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera
- Regional: Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is.

Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Continental: Pacific
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Vanuatu

Jack, W. 1820. No. V: Descriptions of Malayan Plants. Malayan Miscellanies 1(5): 1–49. PDF

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. Murraya paniculata. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Accessed: 15 April 2026.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Murraya paniculata in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 15 April 2026.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Murraya paniculata. Published online. Accessed: 15 April 2026. Reference page.
WFO Plant List 2026. Murraya paniculata. Published online. Accessed: 15 April 2026.