The coumarin ring system in the title compound, C(15)H(18)O(5) [IUPAC name: 8-(2,3-dihydr-oxy-3-methyl-butyl)-7-meth-oxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one], isolated from Muraya paniculata, is planar (r.m.s. deviation 0.017 Å). In the crystal, the two hydr-oxy groups are involved in O-H⋯O hydrogen bonding with adjacent mol-ecules, forming a sheet structure.