SCIENTIFIC NAME: Melia azedarach

COMMON NAME: chinaberry

LEAVES: Bi- (occasionally tri) pinnately compound. Leaflet sometimes winged. Yellow/green in color.

FLOWERS: Purple flowers in large clusters. Fairly showy.

BARK: Dark with grey lenticels.

OTHER: Fruit is a yellow drupe. A bad landscape tree (suckers and short life span). Birds eat dried fruit that has a high alcohol content which leads to drunken birds. Grows up to 40' tall. Flower is good looking. Not found in the trade. A member of the Meliaceae family.