Re: [gardeners] Have you grown these?
Sullivan Peggy (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 13 Dec 1998 17:46:24 -0500
Margaret L. wrote:
> As I recall prior to the outbreak of my email woes, Liz identified the
> Kari leaves as large. Murraya koenegii leaves are tiny. That wouldn't
> be it, AFAIK. Margaret L
How large is large? My M. koenegii leaves are about 1 in to 1.25 in.
long and about .5 in. wide at their widest point. This is on a not
too happy container grown plant. They might be larger on a plant in
the ground in an appropriate climate. In any case, they are about the
same size and have the same odor as the "curry leaves" my southern
Indian friends buy fresh when they go to NJ to stock up on stuff they
cannot buy here locally. The picture in Deni Brown's book shows what
might be larger leaves -- a bit more rounded at the tips than mine, but
it is hard to tell. Perhaps there are several cultivars.
I, perhaps mistakenly, thought that the "narrow leaf stuff" that Liz was
saying that she did not want was the greyish "curry plant" Helichrysum
angustifolium, that is more commonly sold by herbalists. Its leaves
are about the size of rosemary leaves. The Helichrysum smells like the
bottled curry powder my mother cooked with. The M. koenegii leaves have
an entirely different smell and taste.
If anyone knows more I would love to hear it.
Peggy Sullivan, in NE Pa., zone 5, still waiting for precipitation.