भिडियो हेर्न तलको बक्स भित्र क्लिक गर्नुहोस

Deciduous tree. Leaves alternate, bi-, occasionally tripinnate; leaflets usually serrate. Flowers lilac, pink or white, with a tube at the centre on which the stamens stand. Fruit a drupe, up to 4 cm in diameter.

There are a number of forms, some of which have been distinguished as different species. Following Mabberley (1984) two main forms may be distinguished, the wild form and the Indian cultivar. The wild form is a tall tree up to 40 m tall, with more or less entire leaflets, which are dark above, and paler below, and when young are densely covered in stellate hairs. The petals are white or pale mauve, often pubescent inside, and the staminal tube cream or pale mauve, darkening to purple as it gets old. This is sometimes called Melia dubia Cav. or M. conposita Willd. The Indian cultivar is a smaller tree. The leaflets are always serrately toothed, and are pale green and almost without hairs. The petals are mauve, pink, blue or occasionally white, and the staminal tube is purple. Intermediates with the wild form occur.