Neem tree
Azadirachta indica, Fam. Meliaceae
Tree, 15-20m (sometimes to 40m), crown diameter to 20m, evergreen, deeply fissured bark.
| Weed Category: |
Locally Declared Plants Under the Local Law provision of the Local Government Act 1993, Local Government may declare a weed specifically for their Council area and enforce their control.
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| Weed: | Yes |
| Form or habit: | Med tree |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Leaf: | Compound Alternate Alternate, crowded toward the ends of branches; pinnate, 200-400mm long, containing 20-30 opposite, strongly asymmetric dark green leaflets, 30-80mm long, with serrated margins. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
Cream |
| Flower description: | Cream, perfumed, 5-petalled, 10mm long, borne in clusters of 150-250 flowers. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Yellow |
| Fruit: | Fleshy |
| Fruit description: | Yellow when mature, fleshy, ovoid or oblong single seeded drupes,10-30mm diameter. |
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| Origin: | India and Malaysia |
| Notes: | Spread by: animals (birds, bats, pigs), water, garden waste; also suckers from the roots. Notes: promoted for production of neem oil and grown in plantations as well as in gardens. A general environmental weed in other areas of Qld, WA and NT. |
| Information sources: | Mackay Regional Pest Management Group (2018) Weeds of the Mackay Whitsunday Region Second Edition. |
