Neem
ಬೇವುनीमவேப்ப மரம்
Azadirachta indica A.Juss.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Little
- tall
- 19 m
- wide
- 19 m
Meliaceae
Also called Nim, Neem Tree, Serowe-Palapye
Formerly Antelaea canescens, Antelaea javanica, Claderia parviflora, Melia azadirachta, and 5 more
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Assam to Indo-ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Missouri Botanical Garden, one source
- Height
- 15 m to 23 mRead from Missouri Botanical Garden, one source
- Spread
- 15 m to 23 mRead from Missouri Botanical Garden, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- 5 °C (USDA zone 11a)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Indonesian
- Mimba
- Spanish
- Neem de la India, Nin
- French
- Margousier, neem
- Portuguese
- Nim, Ninho
- Finnish
- neempuu
- Czech
- azadirachta indická
- Japanese
- インドセンダン
- Chinese (China)
- 印楝
- Sinhala
- කොහොඹ
- Thai
- สะเดา
- Russian
- Азадирахта индийская
- root
- Serowe Palapye, umulemu, nimba
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Missouri Botanical Garden, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Azadirachta indica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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