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Botanical Name: |
Melia
azedarach
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| Synonyms: |
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Melia
australis
Sweet
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Melia
candollei
Sw.
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Melia
japonica
G.
Don
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Melia
sempervirens
Sw.
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| Common Name: |
| Darachk (Kurum valley); Chein, Kachein (Sutlej); Drek, Bakain, Bakayan betain (Hindi); Deknoi (Jaunsar); Bitan (Kumaon); Bakainu (Nepal); Mallay vembu (Tamil); Bevu, Chik bevu, Heb-bevu (Kannada); Thamaga (Burma). |
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| Origin: |
| Indigenous |
| Distribution: |
| Sub-Himalayan tract upto 6000 ft., all over India and Burma, away to the Shan hills. |
| Description: |
| Melia azedarach, is a deciduous tree up to 45 m tall; bole fluted below when old, up to 30-60 (max. 120) cm in diameter, with a spreading crown and sparsely branched limbs. Bark smooth, greenish-brown when young, turning grey and fissured with age. |
| Wood Properties: |
| Wood soft; sapwood yellowish white; heartwood basically light pinkish brown, without streaks. |
| Durability: |
| The timber is durable. It seasons well without cracking or warping and is resistant to fungal infection. M. azedarach wood is resistant to termites. The wood is handsomely marked and takes excellent polish. |
| Uses: |
| Wood is used for house-building, boat-building, furniture, ploughs, yokes, agricultural implements, plywood, cabinet making boxes, poles, tool handles, cigar boxes. |
| Wood Infesting Insects: ( Click any one Wood Infesting Insect to view details) |
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Dinoderus
minutus
Fabricius
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Melanauster
chinensis
Forster
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Erthesina
fullo
Thunberg
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| Reference: |
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| Pearson, R. S. and Brown, H. P. 1932. Commercial Timbers of India. Vol I. Central Publication Branch. Calcutta. pp.241. |
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| Gamble, J.S. 1972. A Manual of Indian Timbers, Prashant Gahlot at Valley Offset Printers and Publishers, Dehra Dun.pp. 144. |
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melia_azedarach |
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| Troup,R.S.1986.Indian Woods and their uses. Soni Reprints Agency,Delhi. pp. 186. |
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| http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/wood/english/melmeaze.htm |
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| http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/products/afdbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.aspSpID1141 |
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