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  Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack

Synonym	:	Murraya exotica L.
Family	:	Rutaceae
Local name	:	English - Honey bush Malayalam – Kattumulla
Flowering and fruiting period	:	March-September
Distribution	:	Indo-Malesia and Australia
Distribution in Kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, also grown in the plains
Uses	:	Leaves and stem is used in the treatment of toothache and oral care.
Key Botanical Characters: Shrubs or small trees; bark pale greyish to white. Leaves 3-7-foliolate; leaflets ovate to elliptic-ovate or rhomboid, shortly acuminate at apex, attenuate at base, glabrous. Panicles few-flowered, from the axils of upper leaves. Calyx lobes 5, ovate. Petals 5, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, white. Stamens 10. Disc annular. Ovary oblong, 2-celled; ovules 1 in each cell; stigma capitate. Berry ellipsoid, acute and red.