Click the centre of the image to view high-resolution images
ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 689
- Scientific Name: Azadirachta indica A. Juss.
- Family: Meliaceae
- Trade Name: Neem
- Common Name: Aryaveppu, Vempu, Leemdo, Kadunimb, Neem (India), Nim (Pakistan), Baypay (Malaysia), Kwinin (Thailand)
- പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്: ആര്യവേപ്പ്
- Native: Assam to Indo-China
- Specimen from:
- Region:
- Collected by: P. K. Thulasidas & K. M. Bhat
- General Characteristics: Evergreen trees, to 20 m; bark greyish-brown, leaflets 7-15, opposite or subopposite. Flowers bisexual, white, fruit a drupe.
- Wood Anatomy: Growth rings are distinct. Vessels diffuse-porous medium, few to moderately few, solitary or in radial multiples of 2 or 3, often in clusters; filled with brownish gum. Rays fine to moderately broad, somewhat widely spaced.
- Taxon identifiers: