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Melia dubia, or Malabar Neem, is a fast-growing, drought-tolerant timber tree from the Indian subcontinent, grown mainly for its wood. It needs full sun and a well-drained soil, and is rarely grown as a houseplant.
Melia dubia, commonly known as Malabar Neem, Maha Neem, Gora Neem, or Barma Dhek, is one of the most important industrial tree species that has rapidly expanded in the Indian subcontinent in recent decades. It belongs to the family Meliaceae and is widely cultivated for its industrial and medicinal qualities.
Melia dubia is considered one of the most important industrial tree species in India because of its rapid growth and versatile applications. Its wood is extensively used in the plywood industry, in the manufacture of furniture, for pulp and paper production, and increasingly as a source of bioenergy.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melia dubia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
