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Each value Trefle shows for Melia azedarach, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced18 Source not recorded9 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. pl. 1:384. 1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Persian-lilac	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. & E. Australia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	1500 cm	1500 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 31 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 214, 251, 460, 668, 873, 882, 909	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white, purple	purple, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 350, 668, 882	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	fine	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	brown, yellow	brown, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 882	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Fruit shape	drupe	drupe · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth form	Single Stem	Single Stem · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth habit	Shrub, Tree	Shrub, Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth rate	Rapid	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	panicle · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	2600 cm	2600 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 214, 251, 460, 668, 873, 882, 909	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 818, 882, 918	Sourced
Fruit months	mar, apr, may, jun	mar, apr, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445, 822, 882	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 8	pH 8 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 4	pH 4 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	152 cm	152 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	14.2 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 396, 412	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	food_general, fuelwood, human_food, medical, ornamental, other, timber · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	Medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Melia azedarach L., 1753 45% complete

Persian-lilac

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