| Scientific Name | Melia azedarach | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Mahogany ( Meliaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 5 petals
Chinaberry is a deciduous, wide-spreading tree which grows up to 50 feet tall. Flowers: The mildly fragrant chinaberry flowers are small and lilac-colored, with 5 petals surrounding a purple tube. The flowers occur in showy clusters at the ends of branches. Leaves: large (to 2 ft. long) and double-compound (having leaflets on leaflets). The leaves have long stems (petioles). Its leaflets are dark blue-green above, have toothed margins and are pointed. Leaves alternate along the stem. Fruit: Chinaberry fruit are round berries, changing from green to yellow, hanging from long stalks; the fruit eventually becoming brownish leathery seed capsules. The capsules will hang from the tree throughout the leafless winter months. The fruit ripen in late summer and early fall. | |||||||||||||
March - Apil
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