Melia azedarach

Melia azedarach L. Engl.: chinaberry tree, African lilac, bead-tree, chinaberry, Persian lilac, pride of China, pride of India, Sichuan pagoda-tree, soapberry tree, syringa berrytree. Deu.: Indischer Zedrachbaum, Persischer Flieder. Fran.: ecorce d'asedarach, ecorce de margousier. Bot. syn.: Azedarach amena Raf., Azedarach deleteria Med., Melia toosendan Sieb. & Zucc.

Azedaraca amena.

Classic texts: Rafinesque 1830.

Photo: Melia azedarach 3.

Photo: Melia azedarach 3. Flowercluster. Copenhagen bot.g., Denmark. Greenhouse. 2005-06-05.

Photo: Melia azedarach 2.

Photo: Melia azedarach 2. Flowers with last years' berries. Bisbee, AZ, US. Wild. 1998-05-01.

Photo: Melia azedarach 1.

Photo: Melia azedarach 1. Tree with last years' berries. Bisbee, AZ, US. Wild. 1998-02-01.

Photo: Melia azedarach.

Photo: Melia azedarach. Berries against a blue sky. This is not neem, which is Melia azedirachta, or Azedirachta indica. Bisbee, AZ, US. Wild. 1998-02-01.