Melia (plant)

Short description: Genus of trees

Melia

Melia azedarach
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Sapindales
Family:  | Meliaceae
Subfamily:  | Melioideae
Genus:  | Melia
L.[1]
Type species
Melia azedarach

L.[1]

Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]

* Azedarach Antelaea
* Gaertn. Raf.
* Mill. Zederachia
* Azedarac Heist. ex Fabr.
* Azedara Adans.

Melia is a genus of flowering trees in the family Meliaceae.[3] The name is derived from μελία, the Greek name used by Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC) for Fraxinus ornus,[4] which has similar leaves.[5]

## Contents

* 1 Species
* 1.1 Formerly placed here
* 2 References
* 3 External links

## Species

As of March 2023[update], Plants of the World Online accepted three species:[2]

* Melia azedarach L. – chinaberry, Persian lilac, white cedar
* Melia dubia Cav.
* Melia volkensii Gürke

### Formerly placed here

* Azadirachta excelsa (Jack) M.Jacobs (as M. excelsa Jack)
* Azadirachta indica A.Juss. (as M. azadirachta L.)
* Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq. (as M. baccifera Roth)
* Dysoxylum parasiticum (Osbeck) Kosterm. (as M. parasitica Osbeck)
* Sandoricum koetjape (Burm.f.) Merr. (as M. koetjape Burm.f.)[6]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Species Plantarum 1: 384-385. 1753. "Name: Melia L.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016385. "Type Specimen: Melia azedarach"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Melia L..". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327507-2.
3. ↑ Elizabeth McClintock, Jepson Herbarium (1993). "Jepson Manuel treatment for MELIA". Jepson Flora Project. Berkeley, California: Regents of the University of California. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5151,5152.
4. ↑ μελία. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
5. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 3 M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1650. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=kaN-hLL-3qEC&.
6. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Melia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7422.

## External links

* "Melia L.". Atlas of Living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2913292.

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