Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Meliaceae | Genus: Melia | Species: Melia azedarach Linn.( बकैन ) |
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| Synonym | Azedarach commelinii Medik., Azedarach odoratum Noronha, Azedarach sempervirens Kuntze | Flower Color | Blue - Purple |
| Common Name | Bakain, Drek,Dainkan | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Chinaberry Tree, Indian Lilac, Borbedos Lilac | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Bakain | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up To 1200 M | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | TFruit a drupes yellow and plump when ripe, globose or ellipsoid, wrinkled in the later stages, 5 – seeded or less by abortion. Seeds apiculate, red – brown |
| Habitat | Commonly found in road sides, parks, forests edges | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | China, Japan, The Indian Sub-continent, South-eastern Asia And Large Parts Of Northern And Eastern Australia | Bark Details | Bark Smooth, Greenish-brown When Young |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Bi-pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous trees up to 10 m high. Leaves 2 (3) pinnate, leaflets 3 – 11, subopposite, ovate lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers lilac – blue, sweet scented, in branched clusters of loose panicles. Calyx 5 – fid, oblong – lanceolate. Petals shortly ciliate, linear to spathulate. Staminal column purple. Ovary 5 – celled, glabrous. Fruit a drupes yellow and plump when ripe, globose or ellipsoid, wrinkled in the later stages, 5 – seeded or less by abortion. Seeds apiculate, red – brown | Leaf Details | Leaves 2 (3) pinnate, leaflets 3 – 11, subopposite, ovate lanceolate, acuminate. |
