Melia azedarach melia greek name for the ash tree fraxinus sp. It has the potential to grow in dense thickets, restricting the growth of native vegetation. The scientific name of chinaberrytree is melia azedarach l. I practically grew up with neem trees, melia azdirachta and azadirachta indica. Four new tetranortriterpenes, meliatoxins a1, a2, b1 and b2 have been isolated and identified as toxic constituents of the fruit of melia azedarach l. Melia azedarach at the catalogue of life melia azedarach at encyclopedia of life. Large image for melia azedarach chinaberrytree usda plants.
The phytochemical screening ofmelia azedarach shows the presence of alkaloids, carbohydrates, steroids, tannins, flavonoids and glycosides table 1. Melia azedarach is a tree of the mahogany family that is native to. Chinaberry is a round, deciduous, shade tree, reaching 30 to 40 feet at maturity and growing 5 to 10 feet during the first and second year after seed germination. Melia azedarach, commonly known by many names, including white cedar, chinaberry tree, beadtree, cape lilac, syringa berrytree, persian lilac, and indian lilac, is a species of deciduous tree in the mahogany family, meliaceae, that is native to indomalaya and australasia. Melia azedarach, commonly known by many names, including chinaberry tree, pride of india, beadtree, cape lilac, syringa berrytree, persian lilac, and indian lilac, white cedar, is a species of deciduous tree in the mahogany family, meliaceae, that is native to indomalaya and australasia. General information melia azederach is a fastgrowing, deciduous tree that can reach a height of around 45 metres in closed, moist forests, though it is much smaller in the cooler and drier regions in which it is sometimes grown and where is much more likely to be just 10 15 metres tall. Seedleaflets are a series of species wise extension leaflets for tropical forest species with special emphasis on seed technology. Description of candidatus phytoplasma meliae, a phytoplasma. Meliaceae is a family of dicotyledonous plants in order sapindales, most of which have spirally pinnate leaves the family includes about 50 genera and 550 species, with a pantropical distribution. Extracts of melia azedarach increases mulberry whitefly. It is easily distinguished from all other meliaceae in the neotropics by its 23pinnate leaves, with serrate, crenate, or dentate leaflets. Young trees are vulnerable to but older trees resist frosts.
Melia azedarach extract and essential oils of cinnamomun zeylanycum, mentha piperita and lavandula officinalis as a control of paenibacillus larvae. Pdf ethnopharmacological and phytochemical account of. This species has been introduced from the old world tropics. Melia azedarach, commonly known as the chinaberry tree, pride of india, beadtree, cape lilac. Widely planted for ornament in all the warmer parts of southern africa. Melia azedarach family meliaceae is the best known. Melia azedarach can forms dense stands restricting the regeneration of native species. Melia azedarach chinaberry environmental horticulture. However, the name cedar conjures up images of conifers, cone bearing plants, such as pine trees and cypresses.
Melia azedarach is native to southeast asia and northern australia. Melia azedarach on integrated taxonomic information system. Melia azedarach at national center for biotechnology information. Page designed through the cooperative efforts of interagency itis teams. Melia azedarach tolerates a broad range of climactic and soil conditions. Early spring leaves infested by mulberry whiteflies were exposed to melia extracts of green fruits, lcyhalothrin 10% a. Strains of species of chty have 9899 % 16s rdna gene sequence similarity with 16srxiiigroup phytoplasmas, and less than 97.
Other synonymous scientific names include melia japonica, melia australis and melia sempervivens. In vitro antioxidative acitivity of azadirachta indica and. Meliacin is principle constituient present in plant. Melia azedarach in keeping with other members of the family meliaceae has a timber of high quality, but as opposed to many almostextinct species of mahoganys it is underutilised. Melia azedarach is a small to mediumsized shrub or tree in the mahogany family. Alternatively, you can download the file locally and open with any standalone pdf reader. Melia azedarach also known as chinaberry, umbrella tree, white cedar and persian lilac is an important medicinal plant which belongs to. If you do not see its contents the file may be temporarily unavailable at the journal website or you do not have a pdf plugin installed and enabled in your browser. Satyavati et al 1976melia is a small genus of 2 species i. The pdf file linked from each plant community name describes the model and synthesizes the knowledge. As early as 1906 it was established near barberton, and now, in the transvaal, it is the most widespread and agressive of the invasive introduced trees.
Effects of melia azedarach leaf extracts on nutritional behavior and growth of spodoptera littoralis. Pdf effects of melia azedarach leaf extracts on nutritional. Melia azedarach the following table provides fire regime information that may be relevant to chinaberrytree habitats. Effects of melia azedarach leaves extracts on radish growth and oxidative status 31 oxidative status antioxidant defense all spectrophotometric analyses were conducted in a total volume of 2 ml at 25c in a shimadzu uvvisible. Magnetic biochar mmabc prepared from melia azedarach wood was used for aqueous crvi removal. Physical and chemical characterization of melia azedarach. Melia azedarach is a common street tree in melbourne, where many unfortunately exhibit a very poor growth habit. Melia azedarach, commonly known as bead tree, distributed through out india. Meliaceae are native trees of asia and southern australia with important insecticidal properties.
Ethnopharmacological and phytochemical account of paradise tree. Synthetic chemicals used nowadays as insecticides caused many negative effects pollution. Preliminary and pharmacological profile of melia azedarach. Melia azedarach is invasive in parts of kenya, tanzania and uganda cabi crop compendium 2007 where it is found in lowland tropical forest. White cedar is native to australia and south east asia. Meliaceae simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study.
Melia azedarach at germplasm resources information network. The australasian virtual herbarium avh is an online resource that provides immediate access to the wealth of plant specimen information held by australian herbaria. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. A large image of melia azedarach chinaberrytree from the usda plants database. It was introduced into the united states in the mid 1800s for ornamental purposes.
Notes on taxonomy and nomenclature top of page melia azedarach was first described by linnaeus in 1753 spec. The effect of ethanol extract ofmelia azedarach an. According to partial 16s rrna gene analysis, chty phytoplasma belongs to the 16sr xiii group, subgroup g. These poor characteristics, where they occur, are attributed to the nature of the planting stock, and reflect ineptitude in the nursery rather than a poor plant selection. Melia azedarach is often confused with the neem tree azadirachta indica, to which it is related. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The acute oral toxicity study of melia azedarach showed no mortality upto 610 mgkg. Melia azedarach is a flowering plant not even remotely related to the many conifers with the same common name, such as. Its flowers are a respiratory irritant and its leaves, bark flowers and sometimes fruit are poisonous. Uses for melia azedarach chinaberry plants forum at permies. In vitro antioxidative acitivity of azadirachta indica and melia azedarach leaves by dpph scavenging assay gayatri nahak and r. Exactly what the title says, brief and to the point. It is a mediumsized tree, fastgrowing and attaining up to 40 feet in height just in a few years. The name came originally from meli honey, as several species of ash have sweet sap azedarach the name given by the persian physician avicenna 9801037 to a poisonous tree.
It has derived its name from the classical greek word melia for the manna ash or flowering ash, referring to the similarity of the leaves to that plant and azedarach from the name of an ancient. Removal of aqueous crvi by a magnetic biochar derived from. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. It is a tree that has colonised almost everywhere, and use its prolific growth positively. Lakshmi sridharan member of the american rose society research committee, science editor for the electronic american rose journal, and horticultural judge. This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. Hosted by the usgs core science analytics and synthesis. The generic name is derived from the greek word melia manna ash, referring to the resemblance of the leaves to fraxinus ornus. Biology small to medium tree 20 to 50 feet tall native to asia introduced to u. White cedar has the scientific name melia azedarach l.
Both species have been used mainly as ornamental trees and have been naturalized in tropical and subtropical countries villalobos, 1996. Toxic tetranortriterpenes of the fruit of melia azedarach sciencedirect. Design standards for urban infrastructure plant species for urban landscape projects in canberra botanical name. It does neither suggest that the species can be planted in every ecological zone within that country.
Melia azedarach invades disturbed areas and is commonly found along roads and forest edges. China tree yellows chty phytoplasma is associated with the yellowing disease of the china tree melia azedarach in argentina. Melia azedarach family meliaceae is the best known species. Pdf toxicological evaluation of media azedarach linn. In chile, melia is widely cultivated for ornamental purposes and. Manualmechanical methods as well as the potential for biological control of. Phytochemical studies and hepatoprotective activity of melia. Find further fire regime information for the plant communities in which this species may occur by entering the species name in the feis home page under find fire regimes. Melia is the greek name of the ash, but is not very appropriate as there is only superficial resemblance between the bead tree and the ash. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The wood the white cedar of commerce, which resembles mahogany, is used to manufacture agricultural implements, furniture, plywood, boxes, poles, tool handles. This file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Its leaf litter may alter soil chemistry increasing ph.
This page was last edited on 30 august 2019, at 10. Different parts of plant are useful in leprosy, leucoderma, ulcer, helminthiasis, diabetes. Autonomous college, bhubaneswar751014, orissa, india email. Learn how to pronounce melia azedarach and more about the melia azedarach word at. It is successfully grown in a wide variety of situations, including alkaline soil where other trees might fail. Melia azedarach global invasive species database gisd.