My potted curry leaf plant on the balcony (in Mumbai) flowers and fruits regularly. the flowers are slightly aromatic. As Pankaj ji noted, either people do not allow it to flower or simply do not notice it happening. Roozbeh
--- On Tue, 11/16/10, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: From: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:54531] Re: Fruit on Curry leaf... Is this rare? To: "Mahadeswara" <[email protected]> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 11:01 PM Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. (ed. 16) [Sprengel] 2: 315. 1825 Syn: Bergera koenigii L. Mant. Pl. Altera 565. 1771 Type: Lectotype - König s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 548.1 (LINN) Note: with a small 'k'. Absolutely NOT RARE. Very common in plains as well as lower part of himalayas. Regards Pankaj On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a very common plant in South India and practically every > house has one plant. People do not allow it to flower and fruit as > they remove the leaves regularly, often the young branches are pruned. > One can see bunches of fruits : green turning to read and then > black, if allowed to flower and fruit. > > On Nov 16, 2:26 pm, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: >> Here is *Murraya Koenigii* the curry leaf plant from my balcony showing >> flowers and fruits. >> Family Rutaceae. >> >> On 16 November 2010 14:08, Dev Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Mhow, Indore, Madhya Pradesh >> >> > Fruit on curry leaf tree.. Is this a rare occurrence? Some friends >> > tell me that they have never seen this before even though they have >> > the tree in their compounds... >> >> >> >> Murraya1.jpg >> 139KViewDownload -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
