Melia azedarach (Persian lilac)
Meliaceae

General

Melia azedarach fact sheet (ICRAF)

Medium sized, fast growing tree. The leaves are bipinnately compound with serrated margins on the ovate leaflets. The sweetly scented flowers are borne in large many flowered, axillary inflorescences with pale lilac petals and a dark purple staminal tube. Fruits fleshy and yellowish when ripe, persisting in a wrinkled state on the tree for a long time. The seeds are poisonous. Found in disturbed ground, woodland and riverine vegetation.

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