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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Melia azedarach
FAMILY
Meliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melia azedarach
FAMILY
Meliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 105-01-001:
Melia azedarach
FAMILY
Meliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Chinaberry, Pride-of-India
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_meaz_002_lhd
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Keith Bradley kab_melia_azedarach_0395
January Lexington County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0405v_14
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0505e_02
May Greenville County SC
Flowers 3/4", fragrant, in clusters from nodes or leaf axils on new growth, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
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JK Marlow jkm0505h_09
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s040517_c
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves bipinnately compound. Leaflets w tapering tips. Margins varying, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
COMPARE
bipinnately or tripinnately compound leaves of trees
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JK Marlow jkm0406a_04
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leafstalk lime green; leaf underside pale green, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
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JK Marlow jkm0412a_21
December Greenville County SC
Roadside
Large clusters of yellow cherry-sized berries hang on after leaves fall, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
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JK Marlow jkm0412a_23
December Anderson County SC
Roadside
Fruit poisonous if eaten, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm111202_574
December Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm131228_492
December Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm131228_496
December Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm131228_499
December Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm131228_501
December Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
The stout twigs have no terminal bud; lateral buds are rounded, hairy, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm131228_504
December Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Bark grayish, with scaly plates and ridges, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.