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Azadirachta indica A. Juss.
ay-zad-ih-RAK-tuh -- from the Arab name for this plant meaning free (or noble) tree ...
Dave's Botanary
IN-dih-kuh or
in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: Indian lilac, margosa, neem •
Assamese: নিম nim •
Bengali: নিম nim •
Gujarati: લીમડો limdo •
Hindi: नीम nim •
Kannada: ಬೇವು bevu, ನಿಮ್ಬ nimba •
Konkani: कोड्बेवु kodbevu •
Malayalam: ആര്യവേപ്പ് aryavepp •
Manipuri: নীম neem •
Marathi: कडुलिंब kadulimba •
Nepali: नीम neem •
Oriya: ନିମ nim •
Pali: निम्ब nimba, पुचिमन्द puchimanda •
Persian: azad-darakht-e-hindi •
Punjabi: ਨਿੱਮ nimm •
Sanskrit: निम्ब nimba •
Tamil: வேம்பு vempu •
Telugu: వేప vepa •
Tibetan: ni mba •
Tulu: ಬೇವು bevu •
Urdu: نيم neem
Native to: India, Bangladesh, n Myanmar, Indo-China; naturalized / cultivated elsewhere; exact native range obscure
References:
Flowers of India •
NPGS / GRIN •
ENVIS - FRLHT
