Species of flowering plant
| Clausena excavata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Eudicots
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| Clade:
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Rosids
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| Order:
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Sapindales
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| Family:
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Rutaceae
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| Genus:
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Clausena
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| Species:
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C. excavata
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| Binomial name
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Clausena excavata
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| Synonyms[1]
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- Amyris graveolens Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.
- Amyris punctata Roxb. ex Colebr.
- Amyris sumatrana Roxb.
- Clausena javanensis Raeusch. ex DC.
- Clausena javensis J.F.Gmel.
- Clausena lunulata Hayata
- Clausena moningerae Merr.
- Clausena punctata (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. ex Steud.
- Clausena sumatrana (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. ex Steud.
- Clausena tetramera Hayata
- Cookia anisodora Blanco
- Cookia anisum-olens Blanco
- Cookia graveolens Wight & Arn.
- Cookia punctata Retz.
- Gallesioa graveolens M.Roem.
- Lawsonia falcata Lour.
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Clausena excavata is a species of evergreen shrub that grows 1–2 metres (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) tall, in the family Rutaceae, native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.[2] The plant is commonly by various names, including pink lime-berry, cama, cemama, cemamar, cerek, cerek hitam, kemantu hitam, secerek, semeru, and suntang hitam.[3]
Uses
The leaves are used in Southeast Asian cooking, emitting a curry-like smell when crushed.[4] The plant's berries are also edible and have an anise flavour.[4] The plant is astringent, bitter, emmenagogue and considered a tonic for digestive problems.[4]
One of the phytochemicals the plant contains is lichexanthone.[5]
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