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(Last Modified On 3/7/2013)
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(Last Modified On 3/7/2013)
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Genus
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MELIA L.
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Sp. P1. 384. 1753.
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Synonym
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Azederach Mill., Gard. Dict. Abridg. ed. 4. 1754. Azedara Raf., Fl. Ludlov. 135. 1817.
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Description
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Trees. Leaves alternate, pinnate or bipinnate, leaflets entire or, usually, dentate. Inflorescence an axillary panicle. Flowers purple, showy, 5- to 6-merous; petals con- torted, spreading; staminal tube cylindric, dilated above, 10- to 12-dentate, each tooth cleft; anthers 10-12, included; disk annular; ovary 3- to 6-celled; stigma 5- to 6-lobate; ovules 2 in each cell, superposed. Fruit a drupe enclosing a 1- to 6-celled stone; seeds usually solitary in each cavity; endosperm carnose; cotyledons foliaceous, radicle terete, superior.
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Distribution
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Old World trees largely restricted to the tropics and subtropics.
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