Editing Curry tree (section)

==Etymology and common names==
The word "curry" is borrowed from the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] word ''kari'' ([[wikt:கறி|கறி]], literally "blackened"), the name of the plant associated with the perceived blackness of the tree's leaves.<ref name="oed">{{cite web |title=Curry and curry tree |url=https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=curry+tree |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=16 May 2023 |date=2023}}</ref> The records of the leaves being utilized are found in [[Tamil literature]] dating back to the 1st and 4th centuries CE. Britain had spice trades with the ancient Tamil region. It was introduced to England in the late [[16th century]].{{Citation needed|reason=Where are the records? Are the last two sentences connected, does ancient = 16th c?  Britain and England are not the same.|date=October 2023}}. 

The species ''Bergera koenigii'' was first published by [[Carl Linnaeus]] in ''Mantissa Plantarum'' vol.2 on page 563 in 1767.<ref name="Powo"/>
It was formerly known as ''Murraya koenigii'' {{au|(L.) Spreng.}}, which was first published in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 315 in 1825.<ref name="Murraya">{{cite web |title=''Murraya koenigii'' (L.) Spreng. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:774433-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=16 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Some sources still recognise it as the accepted name.<ref>{{cite book |last1=George |first1=A.S. |last2=Orchard |first2=A.E. |last3=Hewson |first3=H.J. |title=Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia |date=1993 |publisher=Australian Government Publishing Service |location=Canberra |pages=1–606 |edition=50}}</ref>

The former generic name, ''Murraya'', derives from [[Johan Andreas Murray]] (1740–1791), who studied botany under [[Carl Linnaeus]] and became a professor of medicine with an interest in [[medicinal plants]] at the University of [[Göttingen]], Germany.<ref name="miss" /> The specific name, ''koenigii'', derives from the last name of botanist [[Johann Gerhard König]].

The curry tree is also called ''curry leaf tree'' or ''curry bush'', among numerous local names, depending on the country.<ref name="cabi">{{cite web |date=14 July 2018 |title=''Murraya koenigii'' (curry leaf tree) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/35175 |access-date=13 August 2019 |publisher=CABI}}</ref><ref name="parmar" />

It is known by a variety of names in the Indian subcontinent and South Asia itself. Some of its alternative names are:{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
*[[Hindi language|Hindi]]: करी/करीयापत्ता का पेड़ (''kari/kariyāpattā ka peṛ'')
*[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਕਡੀ/ਕੜੀ ਪੱਤੀ ਦਾ ਰੁਖ (''kaḍi/kaṛi patti dā rukh'')
*[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]: મીઠો લીંબડો નુ બૃક્ષ/ઝાડ (''miṭho limbḍo nu bruksh/jhāḍ'')
*[[Marathi language|Marathi]]: कढीपानाचे/कढीलिंबाचे झाड (''kaḍhīpānache /kaḍhīlimbāche jhāḍ'')
*[[Bengali language|Bengali]]: করীফুুলীর/কারীপাতার গাছ (''kariphulir /kāripātār gāchh'') 
*[[Odia language|Odia]]: ଭୃଷଙ୍ଗର/ଭୃଷମର ଗଛ (''bhrusungara/bhrusamara gachha'')
*[[Assamese language|Assamese]]: নৰসিংহৰ গাছ (''narahingor gās'')
*[[Nepali language|Nepali]]: करीपात को रूख (''karipāt ko rūkh'')
*[[Meitei language|Meitei]]: ꯀꯔꯤ ꯄꯥꯝꯕꯤ (''kari pambi'')
*[[Kannada language|Kannada]]: ಕರಿಬೇವಿನ ಮರ (''karivēvina mara'')
*[[Tamil language|Tamil]]: கறிவேப்பிலை மரம் (''karivēppilai maram'')
*[[Telugu language|Telugu]]: కరివేపాకు చెట్టు (''karivēpāku cheṭṭu'')
*[[Malayalam]]: കറിവേപ്പ് (''karivēppu'')
*[[Tulu language|Tulu]]: ಬೇವುಡಿರೇ ಮರ (''bēvudirae mara'')
*[[Sinhala language|Sinhala]]: කරපිංච ගස (''karapincha gasa'')
*[[Burmese language|Burmese]]:ဟင်းရွက်သစ်ပင် (''hainnrwat saitpain'')