Common Name: Orange Jessamine

Murraya paniculata, also known as orange jasmine, orange jessamine, china box, or mock orange, belongs to the Rutaceae family and is native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia. This shrub or small tree has smooth bark, pinnate leaves with up to seven egg-shaped to elliptical leaflets, and fragrant white or cream-colored flowers. Its oval, orange-red berries contain hairy seeds. While it can grow up to 7m in height, it often flowers and produces fruit as a shrub, and its bark is typically smooth and pale in color. Its leaflets are shiny green and hairless, measuring 25-100mm in length and 12-50mm in width, with a petiolule (stem) measuring 2-6mm.