Thank you for the comparative pics Dr. Gurcharan ji . The two are quite distinct. Also the petiole size of leaves is much longer in Melia and shorter in Neem.
regards, Rashida. Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:53:42 +0530 Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:31190] Melia azedarach From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected]; [email protected] Here are the fruits of the two -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: Your pictures certainly appear to be of Melia azedarach. Another point of differentiation is the shape of fruits spherical here and oblong yellow in A.indica Attaching pictures of both from my collection. a) Azadirachta indica नीम b) Melia azedarach बकाना नीम्ब Regards Dr Phadke Satish On 31 March 2010 17:56, rashida atthar <[email protected]> wrote: Have just gone through the discussion on the above and Neem, but still confused. I think the tree pics I am posting are of Melia azedarach due to the trunk and the toothed, oblique and largest leaflet at the apex. Hope ID is correct. Seen at Shahpur,Mah. on 28 March '10. regards, Rashida. Sena, Shah Rukh and the fight over Mumbai Sign up now. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. _________________________________________________________________ The world in moving pictures http://news.in.msn.com/gallery/archive.aspx -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.

