Azadirachta

taxobox
name = "Azadirachta"

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image_caption = "Azadirachta indica"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Meliaceae
genus = "Azadirachta"
genus_authority = A.Juss.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text|

"Azadirachta" is a genus of two species of trees in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. Numerous species have been described in the genus but only two are currently recognized, "A. excelsa" (Jack) Jacobs, and the economically important Neem tree, "A. indica" A. Juss. (Mabberley et al. 1995, Pennington & Styles 1975). Both species are native to the Indomalaysian region, and "A. indica" is also widely cultivated and naturalized outside its native range.

References

* Mabberley, D. J. et al. 1995. "Azadirachta", pp. 337-343. In: "Flora Malesiana" ser. 1 Spermatophyta 12(1): 1-407.
* Pennington, T. D. and B. T. Styles. 1975. A generic monograph of the Meliaceae. "Blumea" 22: 419-540