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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{about|the tree which produces aromatic leaf often used in Indian cuisine|the European plant sometimes called curry plant|Helichrysum italicum}} {{Speciesbox | name = Curry tree | image = Curry Trees.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{Cite iucn|title=Curry Leaf, ''Murayya koenigii''|page=e.T156236806A166564522|author=Plummer, J. |year=2021|access-date=6 March 2021|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T156236806A166564522.en}}</ref> | genus = Bergera | species = koenigii | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) <ref>{{GRIN}}</ref> | synonyms = {{Species list |Camunium koenigii|(L.) Kuntze |Chalcas koenigii|(L.) Kurz |Chalcas siamensis|(Craib) Tanaka |Murraya foetidissima|Teijsm. & Binn. |Murraya koenigii|(L.) Spreng. |Murraya siamensis|Craib |Nimbo melioides|Dennst. }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Powo">{{cite web |title=''Bergera koenigii'' L. |publisher=Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771522-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=16 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> }} The '''curry tree''' or '''''Bergera koenigii''''' (syn. ''Murraya koenigii''), is a [[tropical]] and [[sub-tropical]] [[tree]] in the family [[Rutaceae]] (the rue family, which, apart from [[rue]], includes [[citrus]], and [[Chloroxylon swietenia|Ceylon satinwood]]), native to [[Asia]].<ref name="miss">{{cite web|title=''Murraya koenigii''|url=http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d441|publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, USA|date=2019|access-date=13 August 2019}}</ref> The plant is also sometimes called '''sweet neem''', although neem (''[[Azadirachta indica]]'') is in a different family from ''B. koenigii'', namely the related family [[Meliaceae]]. Its leaves, known as ''curry leaves'', also referred to as ''sweet neem'', are used in many dishes in [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Bangladesh]].
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