Melia azedarach L.

Paraiso; China-berry; China Tree; Bead Tree; hinaberry tree; Cape lilac; syringa berrytree; Indian lilac; white cedar; China berry; Chinaberrytree; Hog bush; Persian Lilac; Pride of India

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch	Zedrachbaum, Indischer Zederachbaum, Persischer Flieder, Chinesischer Holunder, Paternosterbaum
English	Paraiso; China-berry; China Tree; Bead Tree; hinaberry tree; Cape lilac; syringa berrytree; Indian lilac; white cedar; China berry; Chinaberrytree; Hog bush; Persian Lilac; Pride of India
Français	Argousier à feuilles de Frêne, Lilas de Perse, Lilas des Indes, Mélia faux Neem
Italiano	Zedrachbaum, Indischer Zederachbaum, Persischer Flieder, Chinesischer Holunder, Paternosterbaum
Suomi	Zedrachbaum, Indischer Zederachbaum, Persischer Flieder, Chinesischer Holunder, Paternosterbaum
Norsk	Zedrachbaum, Indischer Zederachbaum, Persischer Flieder, Chinesischer Holunder, Paternosterbaum
Čeština	Zedrachbaum, Indischer Zederachbaum, Persischer Flieder, Chinesischer Holunder, Paternosterbaum
Español	Arbol del paraiso; Cinamomo (ES)
Svenska	Zedrachbaum, Indischer Zederachbaum, Persischer Flieder, Chinesischer Holunder, Paternosterbaum
Polski	Zedrachbaum, Indischer Zederachbaum, Persischer Flieder, Chinesischer Holunder, Paternosterbaum
Український	Zedrachbaum, Indischer Zederachbaum, Persischer Flieder, Chinesischer Holunder, Paternosterbaum
Român	Zedrachbaum, Indischer Zederachbaum, Persischer Flieder, Chinesischer Holunder, Paternosterbaum
Русский	Zedrachbaum, Indischer Zederachbaum, Persischer Flieder, Chinesischer Holunder, Paternosterbaum
Български	Zedrachbaum, Indischer Zederachbaum, Persischer Flieder, Chinesischer Holunder, Paternosterbaum
EESTI	Zedrachbaum, Indischer Zederachbaum, Persischer Flieder, Chinesischer Holunder, Paternosterbaum
日本語	Zedrachbaum, Indischer Zederachbaum, Persischer Flieder, Chinesischer Holunder, Paternosterbaum
Other names	melia (trade); mindi, jempinis, geringging (ID); tamaga (MM); bakainu (NP); bakan, denkan (IN);

Further information

Intkey

COL

Wikipedia

FSC

Hough

Origin

States and Territories	India (widespread, incl. Kashmir); Pakistan [I]; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Bago, Chin, Kachin, Magway, Sagaing, Shan, Yangon, Mon, Taninthayi); India; Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; Bhutan; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Laos; Viet Nam; Thailand; Cambodia; Sulawesi; Lesser Sunda Isl.; China (Anhui, Fujian, S-Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, S-Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, S-Shaanxi, Shandong, S-Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Taiwan; SE-Tibet; Sumatra; Java; Philippines (Luzon, Negros, Mindanao); Lesser Sunda Isl. (Flores, Timor, Wetar); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; Australia (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia [I], Victoria [I], Queensland, New South Wales); Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; Solomon Isl.; France [I]; Malta [I]; Sicily [I]; Italy [I]; Slovenia [I]; Croatia [I]; Montenegro [I]; Crete [I]; Spain [I]; Portugal [I]; Canary Isl. [I] (Gran Canaria [I], Tenerife [I], Hierro [I], La Palma [I]); Cape Verde Isl. [I] (Santo Antao Isl. [I], Sao Vicente Isl. [I], Ilha de Sao Nicolau [I], Sal Isl. [I], Ilha da Boa Vista [I], Ilha de Sao Tiago [I], Fogo Isl. [I]); Morocco [c]; Algeria [c]; Tunisia [c]; Libya [c]; Turkey [I]; Israel [I]; Jordania [I]; Cyprus [I]; European Russia [I]; Azerbaijan [I]; Turkmenistan [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Iran [I]; Afghanistan [I]; East Aegaean Isl. [I] (Rhodos [I]); Japan [I]; South Korea [I]; South Africa [I] (widespread); Lesotho [I]; Eswatini [Swaziland] [I]; Namibia [I]; Angola [I]; Seychelles [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Principe Isl. [I]; São Tomé [I]; Madagascar [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Sudan [I]; Cameroon [I]; Togo [I]; Benin [I]; Guinea [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Mozambique [I]; Zambia [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; Botswana [I]; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Fiji [I]; Norfolk Isl. [I]; Pitcairn Isl. [I]; Gambier Isl. [I] (Mangareva [I]); Austral Isl. [I] (Rurutu [I]); Bonin Isl. (Chichijima, Nakohdojima, Anijima, Otohtojima, Hahajima, Mukohjima, Imohtojima); Volcano Isl. (Kita-Iwojima, Iwojima, Minami-Iwojima); Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Jaluit [I]); Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Yap [I], Ulithi [I], Truk [I], Pohnpei [I]); Nauru [I]; Niue [I]; Palau [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I], Tahaa [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Saipan [I]); Guam [I]; Tonga [I] ('Eua [I], Vava'u [I]); Hawaii [I] (Niihau [I], Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Rotuma Isl. [I]; USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], Arizona [I], California [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Louisiana [I], Missouri [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], New Mexico [I], New York [I], Oklahoma [I], South Carolina [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Utah [I], Virginia [I]); Costa Rica [I]; Galapagos [I]; Jamaica [I]; Cayman Isl. [I]; St. Martin/St. Maarten [I]; St. Barthélémy [I]; Barbuda [I]; Antigua [I]; Saba [I]; St. Eustatius [I]; St. Kitts [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Barbados [I]; Peru [I]; Brazil [I]; Colombia [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Bahamas [I]; Turks & Caicos Isl. [I]; Belize [I]; Haiti [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Venezuela [I]; Mexico [I]; Argentina [I]; Uruguay [I]; Bolivia [I]; Paraguay [I]; Ecuador [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Honduras [I]; Navassa Isl. [c]
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich	Plantae
Tribe	Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm	Angiosperm
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Sapindales
Family	Meliaceae
Genus	Melia
Species	azedarach
Author citation	L.
Scientific name	Melia azedarach L.

Habitus

Wood type	Hardwood
Growth habit	Baum

Microscopic features

Containers	ringporig/halbringporig
Intkey	https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/melmeaze.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor	Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries	clearly recognizable
Heartwood	with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood	Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood	braun

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field

DC

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit

0.5-0.65

kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Hough

Melia azedarach , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Twigs

, Twigs , ©Dennis Wilson

Flowers

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson

Fruit

, Fruit , ©Dennis Wilson