Melia azederach

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Melia azederach - tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade treeazedarach, azederach, chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, China tree, chinaberrygenus Melia, Melia - type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ashtree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms