Biodiversity
Siamese neem tree
- Name: Siamese neem tree
- Quantity: 14,500
- Common Name: Siamese neem tree
- Scientific Name: Azadirachta indica A. Juss.
- Family: MELIACEAE
- Type: Perennial plant
- Origin: Myanmar, India
Biology and Ecology
- General Characteristics:
- 15-25 meters tall
- Deep fissured bark
- Alternate, pinnately compound leaves
- Uneven obtuse leaves, serrate leaf margin
- Inflorescence flowers on young stalks
- Ivory flowers with five petals
- Green unripe fruits and orange-yellow ripe fruits
- Elliptic single seed
- Ecology:
- Found in mixed deciduous forests and seasonal rainforests
- Resistant to the environment
Flowering/Fruiting Period:
- Flowering in December-January
- Fruiting in March-May
Benefits:
- Bud, young leaf, and flower: curing blood poisoning, nosebleeds, and expelling phlegm
- Fruit: used as an insecticide and health tonic
- Bark: curing fever and diarrhea and increasing appetite
- Heartwood: curing vomiting and expelling phlegm
- Wood: used as an insecticide and health tonic