Melia azedarach
(Chinaberry)
Melia azedarach, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 4377
Melia azedarach, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 4360
Melia azedarach, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 4367
Melia azedarach, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 4373
Melia azedarach, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 4373
Melia azedarach, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 4381
Melia azedarach, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 4340
Melia azedarach, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 1158
| Scientific Name | Melia azedarach | USDA PLANTS Symbol | MEAZ |
| Common Name | Chinaberry Tree | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 29024 |
| Family | Meliaceae (Mahogany) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Moist areas in thickets, woodlands, along streambeds; invasive plant that has been a popular ornamental shade tree in southern states. Plant: Tree 30 to 50 feet tall with a broad, spreading, rounded crown. Leaves: Bipinnate leaves are 12 inches long or more, each with numerous dark green ovate to elliptic-lanceolate leaflets up to 2-3/8 inches long with crenate-dentate margins and acuminate tips. Inflorescence: Fragrant flowers in panicles arising from leaf axils; each flower less than one inch across with 5 white to pale lavender narrowly oblanceloate to spatulate petals about 1/2-inch long or less; purple, cylindrical stamen tube, 1/4 to 3/8-inch long with anthers inside; small elliptical sepals are less than 1/10-inch long. Bloom Period: March to May. Fruit: Yellowish round berries (drupes) about 5/8-inch in diameter; poisonous. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and Texas Invasives. |
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Texas Status: Introduced INVASIVE |
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