Melia azadirachta L.

, Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 385 (1753). BHL
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327505-2
Publication
Species Plantarum
Collation
1: 385
Date of Publication
1 May 1753
Family as entered in IPNI
Meliaceae

Type Information

Type Herbaria
lectotype BM (HERB. HERMANN 2: 56) (HERB. HERMANN 2: 56)
Distribution Of Types
widely cultivated in the West Indies, India (Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)

Remarks

LT. info from: R. A. Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 4: 582. 1988.

Links

Nomenclatural link
Azadirachta indica A.Juss., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 19: 221 (1830).
Replaced synonym of
Melia fraxinifolia Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 317 (1796), nom. illeg.