Curry Leaf Tree

At a glance

Origin / distribution: ", AU, BN, MV, SC

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Anodyne, Carminative, Dysentery, Eruption

Science studied: 2-ACETYL-FURAN, AROMADENDRENE, ASCORBIC-ACID, ASH

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Rutaceae

Scientific name: Murraya koenigii

Common names: Curry Leaf Tree, Curry Leaf, Indian Curry Tree, Calou pilé, Caloupilé, Carri poulet, Curryleaftree, Gandhela, Hanga hazo, curry leaf, curry-plant, curryleaftree, កន្ទ្រោក(សម្ល), 九里香, 调料九里香

History

The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, ", AU, BN, MV, SC.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

• Anodyne
• Carminative
• Dysentery
• Eruption
• Kidney
• Nausea
• Stomachic
• Tonic

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

• Elsewhere
• "
• AU
• BN
• MV
• SC

Documented cultural uses

• Anodyne
• Carminative
• Dysentery
• Eruption
• Kidney
• Nausea
• Stomachic
• Tonic
• Bruise
• Diarrhea

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

• GC- MS Profiling of Storage-Related Changes in Phyto Compounds and Lipidome of Murraya koenigii Leaves · 2026 source ↗
• Qualitative morphological diversity and eco-geographical structuring of curry leaf (Murraya koenigii) germplasm in India · 2026 source ↗
• Kitchen waste-derived activated carbon from Murraya koenigii seeds as an electrode material for supercapacitors. · 2026 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

• 2-ACETYL-FURAN
• AROMADENDRENE
• ASCORBIC-ACID
• ASH
• ASPARAGINE
• BENZALDEHYDE
• BERGAPTEN
• BICYCLOMAHANIMBENE
• BICYCLOMAHANIMBICINE
• BICYCLOMAHANIMBINE
• BETA-BISABOLENE
• BORNYL-ACETATE
• CADINENE
• DELTA-CADINENE
• GAMMA-CADINENE
• CADINOL

Legality

Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.

Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.

Reference images

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

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