Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition Clausena excavata Burm.f. Family: Rutaceae Burman, N.L. (1768) Flora Indica: 87, t. 29, fig. 2. Type: Java. Stem Shrub or small tree to 10 m; branchlets pubescent hairy. Leaves Leaves with 13-31 leaflets, aromatic (curry spice) when crushed; rachis 20-40 cm long, pubescent; leaflets ovate to ovate-lanceolate, unequal-sided, strongly oblique, weakly crenate, apex acuminate; lamina 2-9 cm long,1-3 cm wide; petiolules 2-5 mm long. Transluscent oil glands numerous, conspicuous. Flowers Flowers. © Northern Territory Inflorescence terminal, occasionally axillary, paniculate, pubescent, 10-20 cm long. Flowers 4 mm Herbarium across. Calyx usually 4-lobed. Petals white or pale yellowish white, usually 4, ovate to obovate to oblong; 3-5 mm long x 1-2 mm wide, acute. Stamens usually 8. Ovary entire, glandular and hairy; style ca. 1 mm long. Fruit Fruit ellipsoidal, 1.2-1.8 cm long, 0.8-1.5 cm diameter, with persistent style, glabrous, transluscent pink to red. Seeds 1 or 2. Seedlings Flowers. © Northern Territory Features not available. Herbarium Distribution and Ecology Occurs in NT where it is currently only known from the Daly River area. Also occurs on Christmas Island where it is considered naturalised. In NT grows on the margins of dry vine thickets around limestone outcrops. Also occurs in from India, to southern China and throughout South East Asia to New Guinea and the Philippines. Synonyms Clausena sp. Tipperary (G.J.Leach 2152), [Provisional Phrase Name]. RFK Code 1288 Flower. © Australian National Botanic Gardens Copyright © CSIRO 2020, all rights reserved. Flowers. © Australian National Botanic Gardens Leaf and inflorescence. © Australian National Botanic Gardens Fruit. © Australian National Botanic Gardens Leaves and fruit. © Australian National Botanic Gardens Habit, leaves and inflorescence. © Northern Territory Herbarium Habit. © Australian National Botanic Gardens Web edition hosted at https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest.