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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 12
Plant Height: 40 to 75 feet
Plant Spread: 50 to 75 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Broadleaf
Other: During extreme drought, may shed most or all of it's leaves
Fruit: Other: Glabrous drupe of varying shape. elongated to oval to round.
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Shade Tree
Medicinal Herb
Will Naturalize
Useful for timber production
Edible Parts: Bark
Flowers
Eating Methods: Cooked
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant

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Common names
  • Neem Tree
  • Indian Cedar
  • Neem
  • Nimtree
  • Indian Lilac
  • Dogoyaro

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Location: West Central Tx 
Date: 2023-06-29
Location: West Central Tx 
Date: 2023-06-27
Location: December, 2023

Date: 2013-08-29
A young plant just starting out.
Location: Hyderabad, India
Date: 2009-03-21
Image by J M Garg;  GFDL via wikimedia commons.

photo credit: Karen Blix
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-07-24
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: June 2013
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: June 2013
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