Melia azedarach
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![Drupes of Melia azedarach during winter.](/Images/godic/202501/26/Melia_azedarach-Clapiers-1486~2012_12_095823.JPG")
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![Feral chinaberry at Keokea, Maui, Hawaii. Large trees like this can be profitably used for timber.](/Images/godic/202501/26/Starr_040514-0266_Melia_azedarach5823.jpg")
Melia azedarach, commonly known by many names, including white cedar, chinaberry tree, bead-tree, Cape lilac, syringa berrytree, Persian lilac, and Indian lilac, is a species of deciduous tree in the mahogany family, Meliaceae, that is native to Indomalaya and Australasia.