Melia L.

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, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Ascension, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Christmas I., Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., Easter Is., El Salvador, Eswatini, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazan-retto, Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New York, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Ogasawara-shoto, Oklahoma, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sicilia, Society Is., South Australia, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, St.Helena, Sudan-South Sudan, Tennessee, Texas, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Türkiye, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Virginia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

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

• L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 182 (1754)
• Pennington & Styles in Blumea 22: 463 (1975)
• Sp. Pl.: 384 (1753)