Talk:Curry tree

Unrelated sentence?
The last sentence in the introductory paragraph reads: "Curry leaves are also entirely unrelated to bay leaves and basil leaves, which are aromatic leaves from the Mediterranean." Am I missing something? It seems unnecessary to mention this seemingly obvious fact. I mean, if you're going to distinguish curry leaves from basil and bay leaves, then you might as well keep going and distinguish them from green tea leaves, black tea leaves, etc. Why write this at all? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.54.132.232 (talk) 13:20, 3 May 2011 (UTC) Good point I agree MCG 23:28, 26 November 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewcgirling (talk • contribs)

WPFood assessment
Assessed as a mid importance start article. Please take the time format references and inline citations per WP:MoS. --Jeremy ( Blah blah... ) 04:02, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Importing to the U.S.
Curry leaves are specifically listed as something you cannot import to the US (although other dried spices are OK). Why is that? Is it worth mentioning? Jeremymiles 20:47, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


 * They're available both frozen and dried in the U.S.


 * They're sold fresh in Indian groceries in America too. I wonder where these are grown. Are they now being cultivated in America? Johanna-Hypatia (talk) 16:41, 9 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Most curry leaves in mainland USA were imported from Hawaii but banned when a shipment was found with Asian pest insects. If they are now available then either the ban has been lifted or they must be grown locally. They would grow perfectly well in Southern California or Gulf States. --MichaelGG (talk) 06:11, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Berries
Edited the bit where it said the berries are claimed to be edible, they are eaten south india though only as berries and not as part of any prepared food/curry, as for the fact that the seeds being poisonous it is not know but nobody eats the seeds as they are just white and round and all the flavour is only in the skin.81.158.161.57 01:20, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Butterflies
OK who added the butterfly photos at the bottom? 4.249.198.182 (talk) 13:25, 25 June 2008 (UTC) i wonder too. Anybody can tell me what butterfly lays eggs on the curry leaves?? You can email me zoee2828@gmail.com.sg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stealthstalker (talk • contribs) 01:14, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

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Bergera koenigii vs Murraya koenigii
I don't know, maybe I am just tired, but doesn't the GRIN reference cited in the article state that Bergera koenigii is the accepted name whereas Murraya koenigii is a synonym? In the article it appears to me that the opposite is stated?? -- Slaunger (talk) 21:46, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * As far as I can tell, Bergera has been segregated from Murraya since the last millenium; I note there was a study in 2001 that found these two genera to belong to different tribes. I guess there are still a few sticks in the mud, but the evidence does seem to be that Murraya sensu lato is polyphyletic. Personally, I advocate updating it to Bergera koenigii, but with a disclaimer along the line of GRIN's Bergera page, http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?13627, which says that Bergera is an "uncertain genus" that is "sometimes included in Murraya". Hesperian 11:48, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

कढ़ी or करी?
On packages of curry leaves found at Indian groceries, the name is spelled "करी" (karī) instead of the word "कढ़ी" (kaṛhī) given in this article.

There is no such name for leaves as करी given in the Hindi dictionary (करी is glossed only as a Sanskrit tatsama meaning 'having a hand or trunk; an elephant'), but it is also plausible as a loanword from Tamil கறி ka r i, the latter being the origin of the word curry in English.

Meanwhile कढ़ी, with its accidental resemblance to "curry" in sound and meaning, derives from a completely different origin in Hindi. It looks like the plant has been given two different names in Hindi that both happen to resemble the word "curry" somewhat. The Hindi dictionary is no help, because it applies neither of these two words to the leaves.

I don't want to make this into "original research," but it is puzzling to me as an editor. Can anyone sort out the use of these two names for the plant in Hindi? Thanks. Johanna-Hypatia (talk) 16:27, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Karhi refers to a type of yogurt dumpling dish (e.g. jaipur karhi) that has no connection to kari. I suspect since the kari leaves have originally only been used in south indian food, the hindi word for it is also kari. In fact the letter r is pronounced in a strange way in Tamil that cannot be replicated using the devanagiri letters so the alternate spelling as karhi might be an attempt to capture this. This does not refer to "कढ़ी" the yogurt dumplings. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.53.251.72 (talk) 19:16, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Translations
I don't think it's helpful to list all the non-English names of curry leaf. There are translation websites out there to do this. Where does it end, there are hundreds of languages in the world? MCG 23:32, 26 November 2012 (UTC) MCG 12:10, 28 November 2012 (UTC)


 * In Urdu Curry Tree is Known as Karepak — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ismail143143 (talk • contribs) 15:00, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Restoring previous version 29 May 2016
Yes I know that that 2016 version isn't "perfect" but so much information was lost in the last year, along with links and references, that it seemed a waste and a shame. The article now provides a much more comprehensive overview and I can't see what is so wrong about including foreign names and uses in Ayurvedic medecine.

Perhaps some of the editors who removed content had an agenda ie xenophobia, big pharma, etc? Samsbanned (talk) 01:50, 23 March 2017 (UTC)