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Curry Leaf
Murraya koenigii
Curry leaf is a small, suckering evergreen tree of the citrus family grown for its pungent, aromatic leaf, the flavor base of countless curries, chutneys and stews - best used fresh, since drying strips out most of the flavor. Its small black fruit is peppery, and the leaf is a traditional remedy for digestive complaints, said to increase digestive secretions and ease nausea and indigestion. It suckers freely from the root, which closes the base of a hedge with no further planting - cut the suckers for a single trunk, or leave them for a thicket. Frost is its real limit: it grows fastest in long, hot, humid summers, stays evergreen only to about zone 10, and needs to be grown in a container and moved under cover wherever winters turn cold.
Record at a glance
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun · Partial Sun
- USDA zone
- USDA 10–12
- Soil
- Sand · Loam · Clay
- Moisture
- Well-Drained · Moist
Vertical layer
Sub-Canopy- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Plant type
- Evergreen Tree
- Mature height
- 6–15 ft
- Mature spread
- 4–12 ft
- Plant spacing
- 11.5 ft
- Root type
- Not yet recorded
- Spread pattern
- Both
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