Melia azedarachb

Melia azedarach L., Sp. Pl. 1: 384 (1753).

Melia azedarach L., Photo by Nguyen Hoang Nam

The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. & E. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food, a poison, a medicine and invertebrate food, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.

Vietnamese name: 

Xoan, Sầu đông, Khổ luyện, Xoan trắng, Sầu đâu, Mạy riển (Tày)

Latin name: 

Melia azedarach L.

Family: 

Meliaceae

Uses: 

Worms, flukes (bark). Scabies, dermatitis, urticaria, vaginitis (Leaves cooked in bath water) – Pay attention to poisonous plants.

Distribution: 

The plant is quite common in Vietnam.

Flowering and fruiting season: 

February-June