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Melia
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Trees or shrubs. Leaves 2(rarely 3)-pinnate; pinnae and leaflets opposite or subopposite. Leaflets usually crenate or serrate, stellate-hairy when young. Flowers bisexual and male on the same plant, pale lilac (in ours) in large, sweet-scented, stellate-hairy panicles. Calyx lobed to base, lobes 5(-6). Petals 5(-6), free. Staminal tube cylindric; anthers 10-12, alternating with a pair of narrowly triangular appendages. Ovary 4-8-locular. Fruit a drupe with 4-8 loosely united pyrenes, each with 1-2 seeds.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:78
Specimens with Sequences:85
Specimens with Barcodes:72
Species:6
Species With Barcodes:4
Public Records:27
Public Species:3
Public BINs:0
Melia is a genus of flowering trees in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.[3] The name is derived from μηλια, the Greek word Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC) used for Fraxinus ornus, which has similar leaves.[4]
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Formerly placed here[edit]
- 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.)[8]
References[edit]
- ^ 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"
- ^ "Genus: Melia L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 3 M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1650. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6.
- ^ "Query Results for Genus Melia". IPNI. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ^ "Melia". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ^ Invasive Plants Found in Asia
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Melia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
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