Mahanimb

Common Names

Bakain, Bakana-Nimb, Maha-Nimb

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CLASSIFICATION

TAXON

Melia azedarach L.

FAMILY

Meliaceae Juss.

ALTERNATE FAMILY

nom. cons.

GENUS

Melia L.

SPECIES

azedarach L. Sp. pl. 1:384. 1753 (type species)

Plant Description

Tree, up to 12 m tall; young shoots tomentose. Leaves 2-(3)-pinnate, up to 60 cm long; leaflets opposite, elliptic, 2.5-5 cm long, 5-19 mm broad, serrate to sub-serrate, acuminate, often oblique, sub-sessile. Flowers lilac, sweet-scented, in axillary panicles; pedicel 2-3 mm long, puberulous. Calyx 5-6-lobed; lobes c. 2 mm long, acute, pubescent. Petals 7-9 mm long, spathulate to lanceolate, ciliate, imbricate in bud. Staminal tube 6-7 mm long, cylindrical, expanded at the base and apex, 10-striate, with 20 teeth at the apex; anthers sessile, 1 betÃ‚Â¬ween each pair of teeth. Disc glabrous, fused with the ovary base. Ovary usually 5-locular; style 4-5 mm long; stigma capitate. Drupe 1.5-2 cm long, globose, 3-6-seeded, yellow when ripe.

Flowering Period: March-April.

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STUDIES & RESEARCH

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