Melia (plant)

Melia
	Melia azedarach
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Meliaceae
Subfamily:	Melioideae
Genus:	Melia; L.
Type species
	Melia azedarach; L.
Species
	See text.
Synonyms
	Antelaea Gaertn. ; Azedara Raf. ; Azedarac Adans. ; Azedarach Mill. ; Zederachia Heist. ex Fabr. ;

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]

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

^ ^a ^b Species Plantarum 1: 384-385. 1753. "Name: Melia L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 8, 2010. Type Specimen: Melia azedarach
^ ^a ^b "Melia L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
^ Elizabeth McClintock, Jepson Herbarium (1993). "Jepson Manuel treatment for MELIA". Jepson Flora Project. Berkeley, California: Regents of the University of California. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
^ μελία. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. 3 M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1650. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6.
^ "GRIN Species Records of Melia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

External links

"Melia L." Atlas of Living Australia.
Media related to Melia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Melia at Wikispecies

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[trop-1] Species Plantarum 1: 384-385. 1753. "Name: Melia L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 8, 2010. Type Specimen: Melia azedarach

[POWO_327507-2-2] "Melia L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-03-28.

[jfp-3] Elizabeth McClintock, Jepson Herbarium (1993). "Jepson Manuel treatment for MELIA". Jepson Flora Project. Berkeley, California: Regents of the University of California. Retrieved February 8, 2010.

[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. Vol. 3 M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1650. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6.

[GRINSpecies-6] "GRIN Species Records of Melia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

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