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MELIA AZEDAKACH. (Nat. ord. Meliaoeah) 



For Gen. Char, see under "M. composita." 



MELIA AZEDARACH. (L.) Leaves deciduous 1-2 feet long, bipinnate glabrous, leaflets about 5 obliquely lanceolate, 

 or ovate-lanceolate to elliptical acute or acuminate, serrate inciso-serrate or entire, petals nearly glabrous, fruit with a 5-celled putamen 

 or by abortion with fewer cells. W. A. Prod. p. 117 ;—D. C. i. 621 ;— Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 3&5. 



A handsome tree, attaining a height of about 40 feet and a quick groioer ; it produces its sweet-scented lilac-like ftoioers in the hot 

 season. It is found sparingly as a planted tree throughout the Madras Presidency, Bengal, Mysore, Bombay, <&c, b\tt rarely if ever met with in 

 the jungles ; it is a very ornamental tree and deserving of more attention. It is wild in China and in Africa, and has been naturalised in the 

 South of Europe ; the wood of older trees is handsomely marked, rather durable and in use for furniture ; it is often called Bastard Cedar, and is 

 apt to warp and split ; the tree is called Mallay VembuinTamil, Taraku vepa in Telugoo, and in English is known as the Persian Lilac ;—tht 

 seeds are often strung as beads, and a valuable oil is prodzieed from them ; the root is nauseous and bitter, and in use as an anthelmintic. 



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