Azadirachta indica — Overview

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Tree, to 15 m. Bark rough and fissured. Leaves up to 40 cm long; leaflets up to 9 × 3 cm, glabrous, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, strongly sickle-shaped; base highly asymmetric; margin coarsely serrate. Inflorescence an axillary panicle. Petals white. Drupe 1.5-1.8 cm long, ellipsoid, yellow.

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