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Azadirachta indica A.Juss.

Synonym: Melia azadirachta L., Antelaea javanica Gaertn.

MELIACEAE

Local Names: ആര്യവേപ്പ്, Neem, Margosa Tree, Indian Lilac.

Flowering Period : February to September.

Distribution : Indo-Malesia

Uses: Ayurvedic, Fruit edible, firewood, antihelminth.

Exotic : No

Neem, a evergreen tree with bark greyish-brown having verticale striations. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, rachis slender and swollen at base. Leaflets  are opposite; with lanceolate or falcate lamina, and serrated margin. Flowers are bisexual, white, in axillary panicles; sepals 5, ovate, margin ciliate; petals 5, free, white, oblong-obovate, pubescent, and imbricate. Staminal tube glabrous; anthers 10; ovary superior, style slender, stigma terete, 3-lobed. Fruit  is a drupe.

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