Murraya paniculata is a tropical, evergreen plant native to southern China, Taiwan, South East Asia and Australia. Its genus name commemorates Dr. Johann Murray, an eighteenth-century Swedish botanist. Murrayas, are belong to the Rutaceae family such as choisya and citrus. Their creamy white flowers smell just like orange blossom.

Mock Orange is a small, tropical, evergreen tree or shrub usually growing 2-4 m tall, but can reach up to 7 m tall. Flowering occurs irregularly throughout the year, often in response to rain, most common from late winter through to late spring. The blossoms are replaced by small oval, reddish-orange fruits that enjoyed by birds. Flowers are terminal, borne in clusters at the tips of the branches. Each cluster containing up to eight white flowers that are 10-18 mm long, have five petals that are curved backwards.

Leaves of Murraya paniculata are glabrous and glossy, occurring in 3-9 oddly pinnate leaflets which are elliptic to rhombic.

The widely naturalised cultivar; Murraya paniculata ‘Exotica’, is common in cultivation in tropics and subtropics. Native Murraya paniculata is very similar to the cultivated exotic form of Murraya paniculata ‘Exotica’. Exotica have larger leaflets (3-7cm) than the native one (1-4cm long).

Dwarf Mock Orange Murraya paniculata ‘Min-a-min’ is the other form of this species. It is suitable to pot grow.

Murraya paniculata reproduces by seed or semi hardwood cuttings. These seeds are most commonly spread by birds and other animals that eat the brightly-coloured fruit.

Mock Orange if planted in the ground, it can reach a height of 6-7 meters but can be kept a more manageable size if pruned. Plant can withstand low temperatures down to -4˚C for a short while. It can grow in full sun to partial shade and prefers moist soil with a neutral pH.

Use in Landscape: Murraya paniculata and Murraya paniculata ‘Exotica’ are widely cultivated as an ornamental tree and hedging plant, at warmer parts of the world. Mock Orange prefered because of their hardiness, wide range of soil tolerance, it may grow in alkaline, acidic, clayey, sandy, and loamy soils, and is suitable for larger hedges.

Murraya paniculata is used in traditional medicine as an analgesic.