Chinaberry tree

Chinaberry tree

.Scientific name: Mélia azedarach .

.Spanish name: Cinamomo .

.Family name: Melíaces .

.Geographic origen: South and west of Asia .

.Bloom periode: May and June .

FRUIT

• The fruit is a drupe marble –sized , light yellow at maturity , hanging on the tree all winter , and gradually becoming wrinkled and almost white.

FLOWER

• The flowers are small and fragants, with five pale purple petals, growing in clusters.

TRUNK

• Very thin and long. It is a tree of deciduos leaves.

Information

• Toxicity: fruits are toxics to humans if eaten in quantity.

Information

• The plant was introduced around 1830 as an ornamental in the United States.

• It needs hot temperatures, her height is from 8 and 15 m.

uses

• INDUSTRY: The wood is very strong and resistant.

• MEDICINE: In pharmacy her use is for some maggot intestinal.

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