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4175.000 Melia
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Leaves 2(rarely 3)-pinnate; pinnae and leaflets opposite or subopposite. Leaflets usually crenate or serrate, stellate-hairy when young. Flowers bisexual and male on the same plant, pale lilac (in ours) in large, sweet-scented, stellate-hairy panicles. Calyx lobed to base, lobes 5(-6). Petals 5(-6), free. Staminal tube cylindric; anthers 10-12, alternating with a pair of narrowly triangular appendages. Ovary 4-8-locular. Fruit a drupe with 4-8 loosely united pyrenes, each with 1-2 seeds. Worldwide: 3 species in the Old World tropics Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| azedarach L. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
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Flora of Botswana: MeliaFlora of Burundi: Melia
Flora of Malawi: Melia
Flora of Mozambique: Melia
Flora of Zambia: Melia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Melia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MeliaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Melia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Melia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Melia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Melia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Melia
JSTOR Plant Science: Melia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Melia
Plants of the World Online: Melia
Tropicos: Melia
Wikipedia: Melia
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