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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) Syringa berry (English) |
| 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: | Commonly planted in gardens and as a street tree. It has become widely naturalised in southern Africa and is an invasive pest in some areas. |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native to India but naturalised elsewhere |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Image last updated: | Monday 4 September 2006 |
| Literature: |
Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 451. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 250. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 62. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 86. Shone, D.K. & Drummond, R.B. (1965). Poisonous Plants of Rhodesia Ministry of Agriculture, Rhodesia Pages 38 - 39. (Includes a picture). White, F. & Styles, B.T. (1963). Meliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 315. |
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