Murraya

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Murraya - a beautiful unpretentious plant belonging to the Rutovye family.

Description

Murraya is a small evergreen shrub endowed with bizarre leathery oval leaves. In the wild, its height can reach three meters. As for the room murray, its height almost never exceeds a meter or one and a half meters.

The white fragrant flowers of this spectacular beauty are very similar to the flowers of white lilacs. Also, a lot of oval red berries are formed on the plant, which have a sweetish taste and an external resemblance to the fruits of hawthorn. It can take up to four months for such berries to ripen. And the uniqueness of murraya lies in the fact that buds can bloom on it and berries can form at the same time.

Where grows

Southeast and South Asia is considered to be the homeland of Murraya - this plant is quite often found in Asia, India, as well as in tropical forests and on a number of Pacific islands.

Usage

Murraya leaves are widely used in cosmetology, medicine and cooking, and its flowers, smelling of jasmine, have found their application in aromatherapy - inhaling their enchanting aroma helps not only to get a powerful boost of vivacity, but also contributes to the development of mental abilities, as well as normalization of sleep and restoration of the heart. vascular system.

As for the murray berries, they boast excellent medicinal properties: the ability to lower blood sugar, tone the body, relieve headaches and stabilize blood pressure. However, in folk medicine, not only berries are used, but also flowers, stems, leaves and roots.

And as a room culture, only Paniculata Murraya is successfully grown.

Growing and caring

Murraya is quite unpretentious in care, however, like many other indoor plants. In the winter season, it is recommended to keep it at a temperature of fifteen to eighteen degrees, carefully making sure that the thermometer does not drop below twelve degrees. And in summer, a beautiful plant can be safely taken out on the balcony or in the garden.

Despite the fact that Murraya is extremely light-loving, it is still recommended to shade it a little during the hottest summer hours. It is best to place it on the southeast or east windows.

In the spring and in the summer season, the Murraya needs abundant watering, then, starting in autumn, they are gradually reduced, and in winter watering should be very moderate - the soil should have time to dry out. Murray should be watered with soft water. It is best suited for these purposes, settled or rainwater, but it is quite acceptable to use boiled or filtered water. Systematic spraying is also useful for this plant - although it can boast of high resistance to dry air, however, in the summer, as well as in the winter season, with an actively operating central heating, spraying will still not be superfluous.

Since spring, Murraya is fed twice a month with complex fertilizers specially designed for indoor crops.

When replanting murraya, it is best to take a soil mixture consisting of sand taken in equal parts, as well as humus, peat, leaf and turf soil. Shop universal bio-primer is also suitable for these purposes. Young plants should be replanted annually, and four- or five-year-olds should be replanted after a year.

Murraya propagates both by cuttings and with the help of seeds. When choosing the first method, cuttings should be rooted under a glass container and using phytohormones (that is, growth stimulants).