North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, and Trees

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Meliaceae > Melia (chinaberry)
	Chinaberry (Melia azedarach) Disturbed woods edge in Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC 27 Dec 2009 Introduced exotic from Asia, Chinaberry escapes from yards and is found in disturbed areas and woods' edges.
	Chinaberry (Melia azedarach) Disturbed woods edge in Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC 27 Dec 2009 Easily recognized in winter by its loose clusters of pale fruits.
	Chinaberry (Melia azedarach) Disturbed woods edge in Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC 27 Dec 2009
	Chinaberry (Melia azedarach) Disturbed woods edge in Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC 27 Dec 2009 Fruits are drupes and are poisonous if eaten.
	Chinaberry (Melia azedarach) Disturbed woods edge in Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC 27 Dec 2009
	Chinaberry (Melia azedarach) Disturbed woods edge in Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC 27 Dec 2009 Bark is longitudinally furrowed.
	Chinaberry (Melia azedarach) Disturbed woods edge in Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC 27 Dec 2009

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.