- 🌿 Botanical Name
- Azadirachta indica
- 👨👩👦 Family
- Meliaceae
- 🗣️ Vernacular Names
- Neem tree, Aryaveppu.
- 🌼 Flowering – Fruiting
- January – July.
- 🌍 Distribution
- Native to the Indian subcontinent and to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
- 💡 Status
- Least Concern.
Description: Medium-sized tree. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets ovate-lanceolate, very unequal at base. Flowers small, white, in large axillary panicles. Fruit oblong or ovoid, 1-seeded drupe.
Uses: Cultivated in gardens. Leaves, bark and seed oil have medicinal properties.