Bakain also has toothed leaflets and similar looking fruit. The neem tree is often confused with a similar looking tree called bakain. The white, hard inner shell (endocarp) of the fruit encloses one, rarely two, or three, elongated seeds (kernels) having a brown seed coat.
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The fruit skin (exocarp) is thin and the bitter-sweet pulp (mesocarp) is yellowish-white and very fibrous.
The fruit is a smooth ( glabrous), olive-like drupe which varies in shape from elongate oval to nearly roundish, and when ripe is 14–28 mm ( 1⁄ 2– 1 + 1⁄ 8 in) by 10–15 mm ( 3⁄ 8– 5⁄ 8 in). Protandrous, bisexual flowers and male flowers exist on the same individual tree. The inflorescences, which branch up to the third degree, bear from 250 to 300 flowers. White and fragrant flowers are arranged in more-or-less drooping axillary panicles which are up to 25 cm (10 in) long. The opposite, pinnate leaves are 20–40 cm (8–16 in) long, with 20 to 30 medium to dark green leaflets about 3–8 cm ( 1 + 1⁄ 4– 3 + 1⁄ 4 in) long. The neem tree is similar in appearance to its relative, the chinaberry ( Melia azedarach). The fairly dense crown is roundish and may reach a diameter of 20–25 m (66–82 ft). It is deciduous, shedding many of its leaves during the dry winter months. Neem is a fast-growing tree that can reach a height of 15–20 metres (49–66 ft), and rarely 35–40 m (115–131 ft). JSTOR ( May 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "Azadirachta indica" – news
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