Taxon:
Melia azedarach L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:384. 1753
Verified:
01/12/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
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Common names
English
Cape-lilac – chinaberry – chinaberry-tree – Persian-lilac – Sichuan pagoda-tree – syringa berrytree – Texas umbrella-tree – tulip-cedar – umbrella-cedar – umbrella-tree – white-cedar – Afrikaans
bessieboom syringa – maksering – French
arbre à chapelets – lilas des Indes – German
indischer Zedrachbaum – persischer Flieder – Japanese Rōmaji
sendan – Portuguese
amargoseira-do-Himalaio – Portuguese (Brazil)
cinamomo – sabonete-de-soldado – Spanish
melia – paraíso – Swedish
zedrak – Transcribed Chinese
chuan liang zi – lian – Transcribed Korean
meolguseulnamu –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Anhui | tropical |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Gansu | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hebei | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Henan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hubei | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hunan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangsu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangxi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shaanxi | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shandong | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shanxi | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xizang | s.e. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Zhejiang | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Irian Jaya | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Lesser Sunda Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | e. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | n. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | n. |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | | Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Shikoku | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Croatia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sicily |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Northern Mariana Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Cook Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Pitcairn | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Nauru | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Niue | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Tonga | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Galapagos Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Anhui (tropical), Zhejiang, Fujian, Henan, Hebei (s.), Hunan, Hubei, Gansu (s.), Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Shanxi (s.), Shandong, Shaanxi (s.), Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Xizang (s.e.), Hainan]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
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INDO-CHINA:
Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Lesser Sunda Islands, Irian Jaya], Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales (e.), Queensland, Western Australia (n.), Northern Territory (n.)]
Pacific
-
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Solomon Islands
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
-
REGION:
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands]
Asia-Temperate
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku]
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WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus
Australasia
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Croatia, Italy (incl. Sicily)
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
France
Northern America
-
REGION:
Mexico, United States
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Northern Mariana Islands, Palau
-
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands, Pitcairn, French Polynesia
-
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga
Southern America
-
BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
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MESOAMERICA:
Guatemala, Nicaragua
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador [Galapagos Islands], Peru
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
beads (fide Bot Beads World; as http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_41.html,) – Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce, as M. toosendan; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) – Non-vertebrate poisons
potential for plant pest control (fide Pl Res SEAs 11:188, 190. 1997) – Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury; Kellerman et al.; Lampe & McCann) – Weed
potential seed contaminant (fide Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001) –