NAMING
Scientific Name: Melia azedarach
Family: Meliaceae
Common: chinyberry
HABITAT
Native to Asia
Category 2 Invasive
Habitat:
Range: through South of North America
TREE TRUNK
Size:
Bark: –
LEAVES
Deciduous
bi to tri pinnately compound
margins; serrate
Light green glaborous below
Dark green sparse pubescent above
REPRODUCTION
Flower:
Fruit:
USES
Wildlife – birds will eat, intoxicates them; fruit is poisonous to human and cattle (also leaves)
Commercial – None
TOLERANCES
Shade: intolerant
Fire: no
Flood: no
Drought: high
UF Dendrology 
