22 Genera in Sri Lanka. Trees, mostly small and shrubs. Many have fragrant leaves and other parts. Many are important fruit plants.

The check list of  –  Family –  RUTACEAE 

Reference – A CHECK LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS; Lilani Kumudini Senaratna, B.Sc. (Colombo) M.Phil. (OUSL), Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda.

Published by National Science Foundation 47/5, Maitland, Place Colombo 7 SRI LANKA

174.01. ACRONYCHJAJ.R.&G.ForsL

A.pedunculata (L.) Miq. [Acronychia laurifolia Blume] S:ankenda    R5:412

174.02. AEGLE Correa

A.marmelos (L.) Correa* E:bael fruit S.beli . T:vilvam  R5:414

174.03. ATALANTIA Correa

A.ceylanica (Am.) Oliver  S:yakinaran T:pey-kuruntu   R5:416

A.monophylla (Roxb.) DC. T.perunkuruntu  R5:418

A .racemosa Wight ex Hook. R5:419

A.rotundifolia (Thw.) Tanaka [Atalantia ceylanica var. rotundifolia (Thw.) Oliver]  R5:420

174.04. CHLOROXYLON Scop.

C.swietenia DC. E:satinwood S:buruta T:moodudad-marum, muritai, mutirai  R5:421

174.05. CITRUS L.

C.aurantifolia (Christm. & Panzer) Swingle* E:true lime S:dehi, heen-dehi, udu-dehi T:eli-muchum-pallam, desi-kai   R5:424

C.aurantium L* E:sour orange S:ambul-dodam T:narankai R5:426

C.grandis (L.) Osbeck* [Citrus decumana L.] var. grandis* E:true pomelo, pummelo, shaddock S:ela-jambola, jambola, jambu-naran, rata-jambola, sudu-jambola var. racemosa (Roem.) B. C. Stone* R5:427 E:true grapefruit   R5:427

C.hystrix DC* E:Caffre lime, leech-lime, papeda S:gada-dehi, lima-dehi, kudalu-dehi  R5:432

C.limon (L.) Burm. f.* E:lemon   R5:428

C.macroptera Montrouzier* E:ghost lime, Melanesian papeda   R5:433

C.x madurensis Lour.* E.calamondin, musk-lime S:nas-naran   R5:428

C.medica L.* R5:430 E.citron S:maha-rata-dehi, siderun

C.reticulata Blanco* R5:430 E:mandarin, tangerine S:heen-naran, jambu-naran, konda-naran, naran

C.sinensis (L.) Osbeck* R5:431 E.orange, sweet orange . S:peni-dodan, punchi-jambola

174.06. CLAUSENA Burm. f.

C.dentata (Willd.) Roem. R5:435 [Clausena willdenowii Wight & Arn.] S:ganda-pana, et-kara-bembiya, weda-pana

var. dentata  R5:436

var. pubescens (Wight & Arn.) Tanaka [Clausena pubescens Wight & Arn.] R5:436

C.indica (Dalz.) Oliver R5:436  S: migon-karapincha T:pannai, purankainari

C.lansium (Lour.) Skeels* R5:438  E:wampee S:rata-karapincha

174.07. EUODIAJ.R.&G.Forst.

E.ridleyi Hochr.* R5:441

174.08. GLYCOSMIS Correa

G.angustifolia Lindley in Wall, ex Wight & Arn. R5:443  [Glycosmis bilocularis Thw.] S:bol-pana

G.cyanocarpa (Blume) Spreng. var. simplicifolia Kurz R5:445  [Glycosmis pentaphylla var. longifolia Trimen]

G.mauritiana (Lam.) Tanaka  R5:446

G.pentaphylla (Retz.) A. DC. R5:449 [Glycosmis pentaphylla (Retz.) Correa, p.p.] S:dodan-pana T:kulapannai

174.09. LIMONIA L.

L.acidissima L. R5:451  [Feronia elephantum Correa] E:elephant-apple, wood-apple S:divul, diwul T:mayaladikkuruntu, vila, vilatti

174.10. LUVUNGA Buch.- Ham. in Wall, ex Wight & Arn.

L.angustifolia (Oliver) Tanaka [Luvunga eleutherandra sensu Trimen] R5:454

174.11. MELICOPE Forst. & Forst. f.

M.lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T. Hartley [Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Men*.] [Euodia roxburghiana Benth. ex Hook, f.] S:Iunu-ankenda R5:440

174.12. MICROMELUM Blume

M.minutum (Forst. f.) Wight & Arn. [Micromelum pubescens Blume] var. ceylanicum B. C. Stone S:\val-karapincha T:kakaipalai R5:454

174.13. MURRAYA Koenig ex L.

M.exotica L.* S:etteriya  R5:460

M.gleniei Thw. ex Oliver R5:456

M.koenigii (L.) Spreng. R5:458 E:curry leaf S:karapincha T:karivempu

M.paniculata (L.) Jack E:orange jessamine S: etteriya  R5:459

174.14. NARINGI Adans.

N.crenulata (Roxb.) Nicolson [Limonia cremdata Roxb.] S:wal-beli R5:463

174.15. PAMBURUS Swingle

P.missionis (Wight) Swingle [Atalantia missionis (Wall, ex Wight) Oliver] S:pamburu T:kurantu, kuruntu, perum-kuruntu R5:465

174.16. PARAMIGNYA Wight

P.armata (Thw.) Beddome ex Oliver  R5:467

P.beddomei Tanaka  R5:467

P.monophylla Wight R5:468 S:wellangiriya

var. monophylla  R5:469

var. obtusa B. C. Stone  R5:469

174.17. PLEIOSPERMIUM (Engl.) Swingle

P. alatum (Wight & Arn.) Swingle [Limonia alata Wight & Arn.] S:tumpat-kurundu, tunpat-kurundu R5:470

174.18. RUTA L.

R. chalepensis L.* [Ruta graveolens L. var. angustifolia Hook, f.] S:aruda R5:471

174.19. SEVERINIA Ten.

S.buxifolia (Poir.) Ten.* R5:471

174.20. TODDALIA Juss.

T.asiatica (L.) Lam. [Toddalia aculeata (Smith) Pers.] S:kudu-miris T:kandai  R5:472

174.21. TRIPHASIA Lour.

T. trifolia (Burm. f.) P. Wils.* [Triphasic: trifoliata DC] R5:474

174.22. ZANTHOXYLUM L.

Z. caudatum Alston R5:474

Z. rhetsa (Roxb.) DC. S:katu-keena R5:475

Z. tetraspermum Wight & Arn. R5:476