Melia azedarach

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016922",
  "term": "Melia azedarach",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Chinaberry, also called pride-of-India, umbrella-tree, and Persian lilac, is a fast-growing tree that can grow to 50 feet tall. Its twigs are slightly purple with light-brown spots (lenticels). The leaves are large (up to 2 ft. long), blue-green, with long stalks (petioles), and doubly compound (i.e., divided twice into smaller leaflets). Individual leaflets are toothed and pointed. The leaves turn golden-yellow in the fall. Flowers are small but showy, appearing in clusters at the end of branches in early spring. Each flower has five narrow pink petals surrounding a central purple-red tube. Fruits are round yellow berries, which mature into brown leathery seed capsules.",
  "subject": "Biological substances",
  "references": [
    "National Park Service Plant Conservation Alliance at http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/pdf/meaz1.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/melia-azedarach/"
}