Melia — 2 species
Botanical species in the genus Melia recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Melia azedarach
Melia azedarach
Family: Meliaceae
Cultivation
Melia azadarach is a tree of the subtropical climatic zone, though it is a highly adaptable plant that can tolerate a wide range of conditions from warm temperate with some frost, right through to the humid tropics. It is grown at elevations up to 1,800 metres in the tropics. It can tolerate a mean maximum temperature in the hottest month of 39°c, with temperatures sometimes falling below freezing for short periods in the cool season.
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Melia volkensii
Melia volkensii
Family: Meliaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the drier tropics, where it is found at elevations from 350 - 1,680 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 28°c, but can tolerate 16 - 32°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 500 - 800mm, but tolerates 300 - 1,000mm.
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