Melia azedarach, Bead-tree - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Bead-tree, Cape lilac, White cedar, Chinaberry tree, Persian lilac, Indian lilac, Syringa berrytree

Botanical name & synonyms: Melia azedarach, Azedara speciosa, Azedarach commelinii, Azedarach deleteria, Azedarach fraxinifolia, Azedarach odoratum, Azedarach sempervirens, Melia australis, Melia bukayun, Melia cochinchinensis, Melia commelini, Melia composita, Melia florida, Melia guineensis, Melia japonica, Melia orientalis, Melia sambucina, Melia sempervirens, Melia toosendan

Family: Mahogany family (Meliaceae)

• native to South-Asia, Southeast-Asia
  

• deciduous tree
  

• 6 to 15m
  

• minimum temperature -12°C
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 250 gram