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Azadirachta indica

Description
Life form	tree	Physiology	evergreen, single stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, materials, medicinals & aromatic
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	26	40	14	46	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	450	1200	200	2000	Soil fertility	low	low
Latitude	-	-	25	30	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	1500	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	7	5	7.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	light shade

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.	fire
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	150	210
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
poison	insects	entire plant
fuels	fuelwood	bark
fuels	charcoal	bark
animal food (feed)	minerals	leaves
material	cosmetics & perfumery	stems
material	timber wood	bark
material	dye/tannin	stems
material	lipids/oil & fats	seeds
environmental	soil improvers	leaves
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant
environmental	shade & shelter	entire plant
environmental	soil improvers	seeds
environmental	revegetation	entire plant
medicinal		flowers
medicinal		seeds
medicinal		fruits