黃皮屬落葉灌木或喬木，原產中國南部各省及中南半島，臺灣南部也有野生分佈。葉片搓揉有特殊香味。互生奇數羽狀複葉，有互生橢圓形至鐮刀形小葉15~30片。圓錐花序頂生，花淺黃綠色，花瓣4枚。果實橢圓形，成熟時粉紅色。開花春至夏季，結果夏至秋季。

A deciduous shrub or tree in the genus Clausena, native to southern provinces of China and the Indo-China Peninsula; also, some wild distribution in southern Taiwan. The foliage emits a special scent when it’s crushed. Alternate odd-pinnate compound leaves produce 15 to 30 alternate elliptical or sickle-shaped leaflets. Terminal panicles, flowers yellowish green flowers with 4 petals. Fruits are oval and ripe pink. Flowering from spring to summer, fruiting from summer to autumn.

適合全日照環境，土壤必須排水良好。種植初期春夏季可各施用一次長效性肥料。修剪以剪除樹冠內的過密不良枝為主。繁殖採用播種法。

Suitable for growing in full-sun, and well-drained soil. Apply long-active fertilizers once in the early plantation stage in spring and summer. Removing excessive defective branches in the crown. Propagated by seeding.

作為綠籬或庭園灌叢。木材堅硬，可製作拐杖及農具柄。果實味道芳香，但因為內含香豆素，不可多食。苗圃業者常利用過山香或七里香，作為檀香的寄主樹。葉片是無尾鳳蝶、玉帶鳳蝶等昆蟲幼蟲的食餌。

Suitable for planting as hedges or garden shrubs. The hard wood can be made into crutches and farming tool handles. The fruits taste great, but containing coumarin, consuming in appropriate amount is advised. Nursery growers often grow this plant or Murraya paniculataas as a host tree of sandalwood. The leaves are food of insect larvae such as Papilio demoleus and Papilio polytes.