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Common Names
Neem
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Taxonomy
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to access the GRIN database record about the specific taxonomical hierarchy (Family, Genus etc.).CLASSIFICATION
TAXON
Azadirachta indica A. Juss.
FAMILY
Meliaceae Juss.
ALTERNATE FAMILY
nom. cons.
GENUS
Azadirachta A. Juss.
SPECIES
indica A. Juss. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 19:221, t. 2, fig. 5. 1830
Plant Description
Tree, up to 15 m tall. Branches glabrous. Leaves imparipinnate, pulvi¬nus at the base; leaflets alternate to opposite, 2.5-7 cm long, 1.5-4 cm broad, ovate, subsessile, acuminate. Flowers white, sweet-scented. Sepals obovate, 1.5 mm long, puberulous, imbricate. Petals 6 mm long, obvoate to oblong, white, margin ciliate. Staminal tube c. 5 mm long, puberulous, 10-striate, 10-toothed; teeth 2-lobed; anthers oblong, basifixed. Ovary sub-globose; style linear, c. 2.5 mm long; stigma trifid. Drupe oblong, 1.3-2 cm long, greenish-yellow, 1-seeded.
Flowering Period: April - May.
