Clausena lansium (Lour.) Skeels leaves of four developmental stages, namely, (i) leaf buds, (ii) young leaves, (iii) mature leaves, and (iv) old leaves, were collected from three 13-year-old trees grown in wampee resources nursery of Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Guangzhou, China.

Increase in bound flavonoids, quercetin, and cellular antioxidant activity was observed in bound and free fractions at different stages of leaf development. Predominantly, quercetin and ferulic acid contents were high in free and bound fractions of old leaves. In addition, phenolic components depicted highly significant positive association (p < 0.05) with antioxidant activity.