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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Melia azedarach   FAMILY Meliaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melia azedarach   FAMILY Meliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Melia azedarach

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 105-01-001:

Melia azedarach   FAMILY Meliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Melia azedarach

 

COMMON NAME:
Chinaberry, Pride-of-India


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_meaz_002_lhd

        

image of Melia azedarach, Chinaberry, Pride-of-India

Keith Bradley    kab_melia_azedarach_0395

January    Lexington County    SC

image of Melia azedarach, Chinaberry, Pride-of-India

JK Marlow    jkm0405v_14

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Melia azedarach, Chinaberry, Pride-of-India

JK Marlow    jkm0505e_02

May    Greenville County    SC

Flowers 3/4", fragrant, in clusters from nodes or leaf axils on new growth, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

image of Melia azedarach, Chinaberry, Pride-of-India

JK Marlow    jkm0505h_09

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Melia azedarach, Chinaberry, Pride-of-India

JK Marlow    s040517_c

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Leaves bipinnately compound. Leaflets w tapering tips. Margins varying, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE bipinnately or tripinnately compound leaves of trees

image of Melia azedarach, Chinaberry, Pride-of-India

JK Marlow    jkm0406a_04

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Leafstalk lime green; leaf underside pale green, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).

image of Melia azedarach, Chinaberry, Pride-of-India

JK Marlow    jkm0412a_21

December    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Large clusters of yellow cherry-sized berries hang on after leaves fall, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

image of Melia azedarach, Chinaberry, Pride-of-India

JK Marlow    jkm0412a_23

December    Anderson County    SC

Roadside

Fruit poisonous if eaten, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Melia azedarach, Chinaberry, Pride-of-India

JK Marlow    jkm111202_574

December    Greenville County    SC

image of Melia azedarach, Chinaberry, Pride-of-India

JK Marlow    jkm131228_492

December    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Melia azedarach, Chinaberry, Pride-of-India

JK Marlow    jkm131228_496

December    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Melia azedarach, Chinaberry, Pride-of-India

JK Marlow    jkm131228_499

December    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Melia azedarach, Chinaberry, Pride-of-India

JK Marlow    jkm131228_501

December    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

The stout twigs have no terminal bud; lateral buds are rounded, hairy, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Melia azedarach, Chinaberry, Pride-of-India

JK Marlow    jkm131228_504

December    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Bark grayish, with scaly plates and ridges, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Melia azedarach   FAMILY Meliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melia azedarach   FAMILY Meliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Melia azedarach

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 105-01-001:
Melia azedarach   FAMILY Meliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Melia azedarach

 

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924

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, abandoned rural yards and fields; commonly cultivated in our area (mainly in the Coastal Plain) and commonly escaped, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: southeast Asia

Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC) (rare in NC Mountains)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnately compound
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Pinkish-lavender
5 sepals
5 petals
Stamens monadelphous
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-yellow/Yellowish-tan
Drupe

 

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