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Common name: Chinaberry tree, Persian lilac, Pride of India, Bead tree, Lilac tree, Bakain बकैन (Hindi), Seizrak (Manipuri), Bakan-nimb बकाणनिंब (Marathi), Bakarjam (Bengali), Kattu vembhu காட்டு வேம்பூ (Tamil)

Botanical name: Melia azedarach (ME-lee-uh) from the Greek name for Ash; (az-ee-duh-rak) from the Persian words meaning noble tree Synonyms: Melia australis, Melia japonica, Melia sempervivens, Melia azedarach var. umbraculifera Family: Meliaceae (melia, or mahogany family) - [ (me-lee-AY-see-ay) the Melia family (from the Greek name for Ash) due to the similarity of the leaves ]

Origin: India

The lovely Bead Tree is somewhat similar to the Nim in appearance and takes the place of that tree in the Northern parts of India. Both have compound leaves with narrow, serrate-edged leaflets terminating in long points but those of the Bead Tree are smaller, lack the sythe-like curve and are subdivided at the base into several pinnae bearing five or seven leaflets.

The Bead Tree is indigenous to parts of N. India and Burma and is now cultivated in all the sub-tropical regions of the world. Melia is the Greek name of the Ash, but is not very appropriate as there is only superficial resemblance between the Bead tree and the Ash. Azedarach is from the Persian azad-darakht.

It is a medium-sized tree, fast-growing and attaining up to 40 feet in height in a few years, but its beauty is short-lived; at the age of about 20 years it commences to die off. The bark is dark grey-brown cracked vertically by long furrows.

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Author Dinesh Valke from Thane, India
Camera location19° 07′ 10.39″ N, 72° 52′ 28.98″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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