Family: Meliaceae
Melia azedarach
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 384 (1753) var. australasica (Adr. Juss.)C. DC. in DC. & C. DC., Monogr. Phanerog. 1:452 (1878).
Synonymy: M. australasica Adr. Juss., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 19:257 (1830); M. composita sensu Benth., Fl. Aust. 1:380 (1863), non Willd.
, Melia azedarach Common name: White cedar, kooribill.
Description:
Trees usually under 10 m high; the young shoots, leaves and inflorescences densely stellate-tomentose but becoming glabrous later; leaves up to 80 cm long; leaflets ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, usually less than 6 cm long; panicles shorter than the leaves.
Sepals ovate, minute, stellate-hairy; petals 6-8 mm long, lilac-coloured; staminal tube sparsely hairy, with more hairs in the mouth; ovary 5-celled.
Drupe ovoid or ellipsoid, usually 12-15 mm long, yellow-orange.
Published illustration:
Rotherham et al. (1975) Flowers and plants of New South Wales and southern Queensland, fig. 314.
Distribution:
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Planted as an ornamental and occasionally escaping.
S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, SL, SE. native to W. Aust.; Qld; N.S.W. New Guinea.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: spring and early summer.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Taxonomic notes:
This species occurs, in other varieties, widely in Asia.
Author:
Not yet available
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