EPPO Global Database

• EPPO code: MEIAD
• Preferred name: Azadirachta indica
• Authority: A. Jussieu

Indian subcontinent. Cultivated as a drought-resistant tree, often planted as a street tree, and for use of its leaves as a natural insecticide or insect repellent, and of its seeds for production of neem oil (used in traditional medicine). Introduced into, and potentially invasive, in other Asian countries, tropical Africa, Australia