Thursday, March 12, 2009

Beautiful Whites Flowers

Murraya paniculata
[Orange Jasmine, Chinese Box, Mock Orange, 九里香]


Orange Jasmine is a small, tropical, evergreen tree or shrub.


The plant flowers throughout the years and produces small, fragrant flower clusters which attract bees, while the fruits attract small fructivorous birds.
The Orange Jasmine is sexually propagated by its seeds.


The fruit of is fleshy, oblong-ovoid, coloured from green to red or orange. The fruits are eaten by birds, who then pass the seeds out in their stool. It may also be artificially propagated by softwood cuttings.

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