- Family: Meliaceae Juss.
Melia L.
This genus is accepted, and its native range is NE. & E. Tropical Africa, Tropical Asia to E. & E. Australia.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Habit
- Trees up to 20 m high; indumentum of simple, glandular and stellate hairs
- Leaves
- Leaves 2–3 times pinnate; leaflets subentire to deeply serrate or crenate
- Flowers
- Flowers bisexual or male on the same individual
- Calyx
- Calyx lobed almost to the base, lobes 5(–6), lanceolate, imbricate
- Corolla
- Corolla 5(–6)-merous, petals free, imbricate
- Stamens
- Staminal tube narrowly cylindrical; anthers 10, shortly apiculate; appendages alternating with or opposite the anthers
- Disc
- Disk annular, free, surrounding the base of the ovary
- Ovary
- Ovary 4–8-celled; cells with 2 superposed ovules; style with 4–8 erect stigmatic lobes
- Fruits
- Fruit a drupe with 3–8 cells; cells usually 1-seeded.
- Distribution
- Three species, two native in Africa and one in southern Asia and Australia.
[FTEA]
Meliaceae, Styles & F. White (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1991
- Habit
- Trees
- Indumentum
- Indumentum of simple, glandular and stellate hairs
- Leaves
- Leaves 2–3-pinnate; leaflets subentire to deeply serrate or crenate
- Flowers
- Flowers hermaphrodite and ♂ on the same individual (plant andromonoecious)
- Calyx
- Calyx lobed almost to the base; lobes 5(–6), lanceolate, imbricate
- Corolla
- Petals 5(–6), free, imbricate
- Stamens
- Staminal tube narrowly cylindric, slightly expanded at the mouth; anthers 10, shortly apiculate; appendages alternating with or opposite to the anthers
- Disc
- Disk annular, free, surrounding the base of the ovary
- Pistil
- Ovary 4–8-locular; locules with 2 superposed ovules; style-head scarcely wider than the style, with 4–8 erect stigmatic lobes
- Fruits
- Fruit 3–8-locular drupe; locules usually 1-seeded
- Distribution
- 3 species, 2 of which are indigenous to Africa; the third, M. azedarach as a wild plant extends from India to Australia — it is widely planted, and locally naturalized, in the tropics and subtropics.
[FZ]
Meliaceae, F. White & B. T. Styles. Flora Zambesiaca 2:1. 1963
- Habit
- Trees or shrubs.
- Indumentum
- Indumentum of simple, glandular, and stellate hairs.
- Leaves
- Leaves 2- or 3-pinnate; leaflets usually rather deeply crenate or serrate.
- Flowers
- Flowers bisexual.
- Calyx
- Calyx lobed almost to the base, lobes 5 (6), lanceolate, imbricate.
- Corolla
- Petals 5 (6), free, much longer than the calyx in bud, imbricate (sometimes only distinctly so at the apex).
- Stamens
- Staminal tube cylindric; anthers 10–12, shortly apiculate, alternating with a pair of narrowly deltate appendages.
- Disc
- Disk annular, crenulate, free from the ovary and staminal tube.
- Pistil
- Ovary 4–8-locular, each loculus with 2 superposed ovules (the lower pendulous, the upper directed upwards); style elongate, shorter than the staminal tube; style-head scarcely wider than the style, coroniform, with 4–8 erect stigmatic lobes.
- Fruits
- Fruit drupaceous with 4–8 loosely united pyrenes, each with 1–2 seeds.
Native to:
Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia
Introduced into:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Ascension, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Christmas I., Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., Easter Is., El Salvador, Fiji, France, Free State, Galápagos, Gambia, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Kazan-retto, Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Mexico, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sicilia, South Australia, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, St.Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tennessee, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Windward Is., Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Melia L. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132325 |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 384 (1753)
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Harms in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 19B, 1: 99 (1940).
- —F.T.A. 1: 332
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 182 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 1: 384 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by A. S. Hassan & M. Cheek [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Pennington & Styles in Blumea 22: 463 (1975)
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 182 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 384 (1753)
Flora Zambesiaca
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