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Rutaceae

Murraya panniculata, commonly known as orange jasmine, is a species of shrub or small tree in the Rutaceae family. It is a cultivated perennial shrub with woody stems, alternate petiolate leaves that are pinnately compound, and terminal or axillary monochasial cymes. The flowers are hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, pentamerous, and highly fragrant with 5 sepals, 5 petals, 10 stamens in two whorls, and a bicarpellary syncarpous ovary that develops into a berry fruit.

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Rutaceae

Murraya panniculata, commonly known as orange jasmine, is a species of shrub or small tree in the Rutaceae family. It is a cultivated perennial shrub with woody stems, alternate petiolate leaves that are pinnately compound, and terminal or axillary monochasial cymes. The flowers are hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, pentamerous, and highly fragrant with 5 sepals, 5 petals, 10 stamens in two whorls, and a bicarpellary syncarpous ovary that develops into a berry fruit.

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BABU JAGJIVAN RAM GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE,NARAYANAGUDA

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
RUTACEAE
Murraya Panniculata
Systematic Position
Class: Dicotyledon
Sub Class: Polypetalae
Series: Disciflorae
Order: Geraniales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus &Species:
Murraya panniculata
Murraya paniculata, commonly known as orange jasmine, orange jessamine, china box or mock
orange,is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rutaceae
Habit:- A cultivated perennial shrub or small tree
Root :- Tap root system
Stem:- Woody, aerial,erect, cylindrical, rough, branched, solid ,hairy,green.
Leaves:- Ramal, Cauline, alternate, petiolate, exstipulate, pinnately compound, unipinnate,
imparipinnate, leaflets elliptical,entire,obtuse,unicostate reticulate venation gland-
dotted and odorous.
Inflorescence:- Terminal or axillary monochasial cyme.
Flower:-Pedicellate, bracteate, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, hypogynous, complete ,cyclic, hypogynous,
a cushion shaped disc present below the ovary,pentamerous,white,highly fragrant.
Calyx:- 5 sepals, gamosepalous, valvate aestivation.
Corolla :- 5 petals, polypetalous, imbricate aestivation, gland- dotted and white.
Androecium:- Stamens 10 in two whorls of 5 each, polyandrous, filaments long in outer whorl short while
those of the inner whorl are short, anthers dithecous ,basifixed, introse.
Gynoecium:- Bicarpellary, syncarpous, ovary superior, biloculor, 2 locules, axile placentation, one ovule
each locule, stigma bifid, style long disc below the ovary.
Fruit:- A berry
Flora formula :- Br, , , K(5), C5, A5 +5,G(2)
BABU JAGJIVAN RAM GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE,NARAYANAGUDA
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
RUTACEAE
Murraya Panniculata

Flora formula :- Br, , , K(5), C5, A5 +5,G(2)


BABU JAGJIVAN RAM GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE,NARAYANAGUDA
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
RUTACEAE
Murraya Panniculata

Flora formula :- Br, , , K(5), C5, A5 +5,G(2)

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