Melia (plant)

Melia is a genus of flowering trees in the family Meliaceae.[3] The name is derived from μελία, the Greek name used by Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC) for Fraxinus ornus,[4] which has similar leaves.[5]

Melia
Melia azedarach
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Meliaceae
Subfamily:	Melioideae
Genus:	Melia L.[1]
Type species
Melia azedarach L.[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Antelaea Gaertn. Azedarach Mill. Zederachia Heist. ex Fabr.[2]

Selected species

Melia arguta DC. Melia azedarach L. — Chinaberry, Persian lilac, white cedar Melia birmanica Kurz Melia bogoriensis Koord. & Valeton Melia dubia Cav. Melia elegans Seem.

Melia floribunda Carrière Melia integerrima Buch.-Ham. Melia simplicifolia Sessé & Moc. Melia tomentosa Roxb. Melia toosendan Siebold & Zucc. Melia volkensii Gürke

List sources :[3][6][7][8]

Formerly placed here

• Azadirachta excelsa (Jack) M.Jacobs (as M. excelsa Jack)
• Azadirachta indica A.Juss. (as M. azadirachta L.)
• Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq. (as M. baccifera Roth)
• Dysoxylum parasiticum (Osbeck) Kosterm. (as M. parasitica Osbeck)
• Sandoricum koetjape (Burm.f.) Merr. (as M. koetjape Burm.f.)[9]

References

1. Species Plantarum 1: 384-385. 1753. "Name: Melia L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 8, 2010. Type Specimen: Melia azedarach
2. "Genus: Melia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
3. Elizabeth McClintock, Jepson Herbarium (1993). "Jepson Manuel treatment for MELIA". Jepson Flora Project. Berkeley, California: Regents of the University of California. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
4. μελία. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
5. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 3 M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1650. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6.
6. "Query Results for Genus Melia". IPNI. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
7. "Melia". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
8. Invasive Plants Found in Asia
9. "GRIN Species Records of Melia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

External links

• "Melia L." Atlas of Living Australia.

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