APFORGEN Priority Species Information Sheet - Azadirachta indica A. Juss.

Family: Meliaceae

Description: A medium to large tree, 15–20 m in height with a clear bole of up to 7 m, bark tubercled, grayish

to dark grey. Compound leaves imparipinnate, shinning,deeply serrate; leaflets sub-opposite, very oblique at

base. Flowers cream or yellowish white in auxiliary panicles, elongate. Fruits one-seeded drupes 1–2 cm long

with woody endocarp, greenish yellow when ripe. Seeds ellipsoid, cotyledons thick, fleshy and oily.



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