hi Vivien
I wonder if it is the indian curryherb?

Roger Dahlstrom

Have you tried Richter's Herbs?

Here is a link that might be useful: Richter's Herbs

Yes, Roger, the Indian curry herb was what I meant. I like curry dishes but they never taste as good with the leaves.

Adriana, I found it. How easy. Thanks!!!

wait a minute- the plant that is used for curry is Murraya koenigii a tropical plant. The helichrysum is called curry plant because it SMELLS like curry, but is not the plant whose leaves are sold for making curry.

Davissue is absolutely right. Curry plant and Murraya koenigii, commonly known as Curry-Leaf Tree and totally different. I grow both of them. The leaves from Curry-Leaf tree are used in many Indian dishes.

Thanks all for feedback. I made a search on Murraya koenigii and found out that this topic has already been discussed in the GardenWeb since 1997! Link below if you happen to share the interest in this topic. There are a few online stores selling the seeds too. Thanks again.

Here is a link that might be useful: Thread in the Source forum

Murraya koenigii sets seeds. My aunt's plants has quite a few.

The curry plant does not give seeds, then given out once a week, small plants around the mother plant. You have to divide them.

there are fruits as well. the tree flowers when it's mature and these turn into a fruit with a seed each. but you can use the small plants that sprout around the parent of course.

You are right tropicalparadise, the black fruit contains seeds that can be planted out easily. Every time you take a shoot from the mother plant, you are encouraging more water shoots and this is not preferable as it takes energy away from the growth of the mother plant..I have at least 30 trees in pots at my place, and none give off suckers because if on the rare occasion that it did, I'd cut it off rather than dig around the roots causing damage.

Were you able to locate a source for the curry leaf tree -Murraya koenegii which is quite different from the curry plant herb (helychrisum) which is not a tree. If you know a source please let me know. I have been searching unsuccessfully for a long time.

I, too, am looking for a source of Curry Tree (Murraya koenigii). Does anyone know of a source for the tree, or seeds for the tree? I am not looking for Curry Plant.

pajaritomt,

Here is a source for you:

Bhatia Nurseries
20 West 38th Street (3rd Floor)
New York, NY 10018
Phone (212) 221-7040 Fax (212) 221-7132

naribhatia@bhatia-nurseries.com or nari@pclinkcorp.com

howdy yalls

Annette says that the curry plant does not give seeds

so there is no way to save it's seeds? i live in DC and it is gettin chilly, what can i do? bring it inside? or just let it return to the earth...

thank you,
*stephanie

Stephanie,

If you left it outside and it would definitely die, then there's no reason you can't bring it inside to try to overwinter it. Cut down on the water and put it in a bright location. It may even eventually loose all it's leaves. But in the spring/late spring, when day and night time temperatures are warm enough, bring it ouside again, you have a good chance of it coming back bigger and better!

It is easy to grow Murraya Koenigii plants from seeds. Seeds mature during autumn. When you see few purple seeds pick them up along with other green seeds. Remove the green peel (covering the seed ) gently by scoring outer cover. .Plant the seed ( which is without outer cover ) in potting soil mixed with river sand and maintain the temperature about 80-90 degree F.

Chaman

When I took an indian cooking class they refered to them as neem leaves... is this the same thing? I /really/ want to get some. None of my cooking is really that good without it and now I no longer live in a city...so no indian grocery.

Ana

Ana,

They are not the same. While the common names may be similar, they are entirely different plants.

Neem leaves are sometimes referred to as 'sweet curry leaves'. The botanical/scientific/Latin name for neem tree is Azadirachta Indica, which is a different plant than Murraya Koenigii.

Here are sources for Azadirachta Indica:

Pacific Tropical Gardens

Ecolage

Quail Roost Nursery

Ana53:

Neem available in Asian grocery stores is Mithi (sweet)neem which is Murraya koenigii. Azadirachta Indica is known as kadavi (bitter )neem. Murraya koenigii is shrub compared to Azadirachta Indica which is full size tree.

chaman

Hi,
I have 2 1/2 feet tall curry leaf plant recently I transplanted into bigger pot and it was fine for one week but now the leaves and the branches are droopy and the tip of the plnat does not even grow. Can anyone please help my curry leaf plant grow tall make it purkup and healthy again.

Hi Geeta04,
It could be a number of things. Too much or too little water or the potting mix might not suit. Is it still in the same position as before or have you brought it indoors? We need more information. You may have disturbed the roots a little too much or it simply might need some more water.

Woori

Hi Geeta04,

It happend to me too last year probably it does not like any root disturbing.

But this year grown fron the seeds. Yes they have seeds and your will get it after atleast years when it matures. Now I have 300 plants from the seeds thanks to Chaman. He help me a lot with the details. I did one thing from my idea too, I put the all the peeled seeds in a moist paper towel for 2 days in a warm place & when I saw root coming out. I sow them is moist soil 1/4 inch deep in a 4 inch deep tray. They just came out in 7-10 days! I will be transplanting them soon in a my farm house.

Wow! thats too many plants...great..I had one but died last winter!

I bought another set of curry plants from a hawaiin nursery. I would like to know what kind of potting mix I need to grow my precious plants... I really dont want to lose it again.

I understand there are different varieties of curry leaf plants. One classification I've read about here is the leaf size-medium, small and large. The other seems to be the method of propagation- by shoots and by seeds. Which of these is the valid classification ?

Is there one whose leaves are darker than the others ?
Where can I buy all the three varieties ? I am looking for that hard to find taste of fresh curry leaves from India. I do not have anything to trade (I've just started growing things) but will gladly pay for it if any of you are willing to sell your plants...
Thanks
Ani

Ani,
The most common variety used for cooking, in India is the one which propogates by stem cutting method. This is really easy to grow. All you need to do is plant a stem in a pot and it grows. It's fairly hardy, but you need to be careful in winter.
The other variety is the seed one which grows into a tree and is the bitter neem plant. This is not used for cooking but has medicinal uses.
I think Chaman has given a good distinction between the two.

Does anyone know a source for Murraya koenigii in the San Francisco Bay Area? I only have found LA and San Diego sources and they want close to $100 including shipping for 1 tree.

Mary-Anne

How big of a tree are you looking for? If you don't mind starting off with a smaller sized one your choices are:
Logee's
Well Sweep
Pacific Tropical Gardens

These start off about 3-5".

Shantihhh,

I was at Yamagamis in Cupertino about 7-8 weeks ago, and they had gigantic murraya koenigii trees in 15 gallon containers for $199. The trees were 12-15 ft tall, lots of suckers at the base, pretty thick trunk caliper.

If you can spend that kind of money, that would be a good choice.

/blue

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http://www.neemtreefarms.com/trees

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A word of Caution- Murraya koenigii'-- Is in the Rutaceae family A Citrus relative and is restricted to Citrus Growing States. It is invasive in warm climates,it can be propagated easily from roots, the black fruits are very sweet and tasty.There are some really fabulous German recipes available on the Web. Alan. asmith2@tampabay,rr,com

I have a curry plant and it has three branches which flowered last month and now are full of berries/seeds. The berries are getting large, though still green. I have read this wonderful forum on how to grow from seeds, but I do not know when to pick the berries. Should I wait until they turn red. The pot with the 3 foot plant faces the west and I am afraid that in this hot Arizona sun the berries might dry out. I would appreciate any help. Thank you.
Lizanne1

Wait till you see few berries show the sign of ripening. You will see some of the berries changing color from green to reddish or reddish purple.At this time majority berries will be green.Pick up all the berries and use for sowing right away after remvoing the seed cover as I have mentioned in one of the postings above.Seeds tend to lose viablity once they dry.

Chiman

Thanks Chaman, I do appreciate your info. Also, thanks to Eureka, for all the helpful hints. I am so excited about this whole project.
Lizanne1

interesting info. It looks like mine is the regular one. It seems to have very bronze colored leaf and not much green to look at. Its about 6ft tall now with constant pruning. Seems like an easy plant to grow in Southern California. There's a bunch of berries but its far from ripening.

How are your trees growing for you now?

Hi All,
I'm looking for some murraya koenigii plants or seeds. I got some from Viji(Thanks a lot viji!) But they all died few weeks back. It will be great if somebody can give me some seeds or plants.

Thanks

vid_nand,

Please go to the first page of this forum, look just above the first post and click on the Exchanges link. Then post your request there. It is not necessary to spam the forum with multiple identical posts.

Aloha from Hawaii,

I need to get Curry leaf seeds(Murraya Koenigii)for my recipies of Indinesian cooking.
Who can help me?

Contact Jonathan Yee at www.kavaforum.org. or www.kavafestival.org.I am sure you find some help from him.

Hi all,
it's the first post I put here, have encountered this forum looking for Curry leaf seeds(Murraya Koenigii) that I would like to try to grow.
Do anyone have any suggestion about where to have/buy these seeds?

Thanks
giuseppe

giuseppe,

Did you take the time to read this thread? I believe you'll find your answers...

;)

Well I originally started out to ask how do you harvest the little yellow balls at the top of my curry plant. As I read the posts I learned to my surprise and dismay, the "curry plant" or helichrysum in my herb garden is a fake. What a let down. So now after waiting months for it to finally do something, I learn that I needed a curry leaf plant instead...so what can I do with my beautiful helichrysum? Anything? Aside from smell it and dream of adding it's aroma into my food?

Thanks for your help.
-Derek

Derek,

Always best to sick with full Latin names so you exactly know what plant you're getting.

There are many different varieties of Helichrysum .

I assume that what you are referring to is Helichrysum italicum.

Technically - it is perfectly edible. It's just that it can be too easily assumed by those who don't know too much about cooking and spices that this is the origin of "curry" in curried dishes. It's more of an aromatic herb than a spice used to impart flavor. I would chalk it up to a learning experience and use it as garnish only.

Hi, if some one has baby curry leaf plant, could you please send me one.

thanks

mtirumal,

Please ask at the Plant Exchange Forum:

Here is a link that might be useful: Plant Exchange Forum