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Melia azedarach
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Cleveland Dam, Harare
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Mukuvisi Woodland, office area
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Bunker's Hill, Harare
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Mukuvisi Woodland, office area
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Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare
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| Common names: | Persian lilac (English) Syringa (English) |
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| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
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. |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | Disturbed ground, woodland and riverine vegetation |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native to India but naturalised elsewhere |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,MS,GI,M |
| Growth form: | T |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
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| Literature: |
Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 451. White, F. & Styles, B.T. (1963). Meliaceae FZ 2(1) Page 315. |
Other sources of information about Melia azedarach:
African Plant Database: Melia azedarachBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Melia azedarach
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Melia azedarach
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Melia azedarach
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Melia azedarach
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Melia azedarach
JSTOR Plant Science: Melia azedarach
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Melia azedarach
Tropicos: Melia azedarach
West African Plants database: Melia azedarach
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