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Image of: Melia azedarach
Common Names: West Indian lilac

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Melia azedarach  L.  

Family: Meliaceae

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PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES

Growth Habit(s): tree or tree-like

Leaf Arrangement: Alternate

Leaf Type: Compound

Flower Colours: purple, white


DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION

General Distribution: Widespread

Found in the Lesser Antilles in Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayreau, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent

Status: Introduced

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Cultivated tree

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