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Chinaberry

Melia azedarach

हिन्दी: बकायन

IUCN: Least Concern
Chinaberry (Melia azedarach) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Jhalana Doongri, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Chinaberry (Melia azedarach) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Thana, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Melia azedarach
Hindi name
बकायन
Family
Meliaceae, order Sapindales
Group
Plant
Conservation status
Least Concern

Lilac blossoms and golden berries.

  • Spot it Feathery leaves, star-shaped lilac flowers and yellow berries.
  • Home Roadsides and villages.
  • Food web Bees visit the flowers; birds eat the berries.
  • Why it matters Its flowers feed bees, its berries feed birds, and its fast growth gives early shade.

Read more: Melia azedarach on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 4 verified records of this species on iNaturalist, between 2009 and 2026, in Jaipur.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
  5. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  6. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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