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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 3/7/2013)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 3/7/2013)
Species MELIA AZEDERACH L.
PlaceOfPublication Sp. P1. 384. 1753.-Fig. 1.
Description Tree to 10 m. Leaves usually bipinnate, leaflets numerous, lanceolate to oval, 3-8 cm. long, the base acute to subcordate, the apex acute to acuminate, incised- serrate or lobate. Inflorescences 10-25 cm. long. Flowers slender-pedicellate; sepals 2-3 mm. long, lanceolate to ovate; petals purple or whitish, 8-12 mm. long; staminal tube deep purple; ovary glabrous. Drupes globose, 1.5-2 cm. in diam., translucent- yellow; pit bony, sulcate.
Habit Tree
Distribution A tree long in cultivation throughout the warm areas of the world; it occasion- ally escapes into hedgerows and along roadsides.
Specimen BOCAS DEL TORO: Almirante, Cooper 43. CHIRIQUI: Progreso, Cooper & Slater 290. CANAL ZONE: Cocoli, Riley 131.
 
 
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