Kuru Atteriya

Murraya paniculata is a tropical, evergreen plant native to South Asia, Southeast Asia and China and Australia. Bearing small, white, scented flowers. The species is widely grown as an ornamental tree or hedge. Murraya is closely related to Citrus, and bears small orange to red fruit resembling kumquats, though some cultivars do not set fruit. Bonsai of this version is known as “Kuru atteriya” sold highly in sri lanka.

Flowers : Flowers are terminal, corymbose, few-flowered, dense and fragrant. Petals are 12–18 mm long, recurved and white (or fading cream).

Fruit : The fruit of Murraya paniculata is fleshy, oblong-ovoid, coloured red to orange, and grows up to 1 inch in length.

Height : 10 -15 cm

Leaves : leaves are glabrous and glossy, occurring in 3-7 oddly pinnate leaflets which are elliptic to cuneate-obovate to rhombic.