Meliaceae (melia, or mahogany family) » 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
Tags: Meliaceae melia family mahagony family evergreen tree flowering tree state tree Azadirachta Melia Azadirachta indica Antelaea azadirachta Melia azadirachta akaluti arishta arunati aryavepp atipam azad-darakht-e-hindi balantanimba bevu chardighna dhamana Indian lilac jyeshthamalaka kadulimba kadunimba kakaphala khatanimba kodbevu kotaravali limdo margosa nalatampu neem ni mba nibandha nim nimbamu nimm nimpam panduraga paribhadra picumarda pitasaraka prabhadra puchimanda pumari puyari rajabhadraka sarvatobhadra shukapriya subhadra varatikta vatari vempu vemu vepa vishirnaparna yavaneshta