Curry leaf tree
Murraya koenigii
Also called Curry tree, Sweet neem and Kadi patta
Houseplant · Trees & big statementsTHE LEAVES LOSE EVERYTHING WHEN DRIED — this is a plant grown because the shop version is worthless. It drops its leaves below about 10°C and looks dead all winter; keep it dry and warm and it comes back in April.
Care at a glance
- Ease
- Medium
- Water
- Every 5 daysDrench and drain — water the whole surface until it runs from the holes.
- Light
- As much direct sun as you can give it
- Feed
- Every 21 days
- Humidity
- Average
- Hardiness
- Indoors, or out for the summer RHS H1C, to 5°C
- Size
- 1.5 m tall · 0.8 m across
- Lifecycle
- Shrub
- Origin
- India and Sri Lanka
Is it safe for pets and people?
No animal-poison authority lists this plant either way.
Nobody has checked this one against a source for us yet, so treat it as unknown rather than safe.
Neither authority names Murraya. That is an absence and not a clean bill.
Checked against ASPCA and RHS on 2026-09-22. Where a source says nothing, we say nothing.
A guide, not veterinary or medical advice. If a pet or a person has eaten a plant and you are worried, call your vet or doctor now — don’t wait for signs to appear. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
First signs of trouble
- Every leaf gone by January on a plant that was fine in October. Below about 10°C it goes dormant — keep it dry and warm and it reshoots in April. Watering a bare pot is what kills it.Winter leaf drop · disorder
- Sticky white waxy strands on the newest shoots and leaves curling inward. Pick off the worst tips; it is the pest this plant gets above all others.Psyllid · pest