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Genus of trees From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melia is a genus of flowering trees in the family Meliaceae.[3] The name is derived from μελία, the Greek name used by Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC) for Fraxinus ornus,[4] which has similar leaves.[5]
| Melia | |
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| Melia azedarach | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Melioideae |
| Genus: | Melia L.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Melia azedarach L.[1] | |
| Species | |
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See text. | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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As of March 2023[update], Plants of the World Online accepted three species:[2]
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