Other common names
African lilac, bakain, bead tree, Cape lilac, Ceylon cedar, Ceylon mahogany, chinaberry, false sycamore, hill margosa, holy tree, Indian lilac, lunumidella, margosa tree, pride of China, Syrian bead tree, pride of India, syringa, white cedar
Synonyms
Melia azedarach var. japonica
A fast-growing, many-branched deciduous tree, up to 15m tall in its native warm temperate India and China, but much shorter in height in the UK where it will be generally pot-grown. The pinnate leaves are composed of numerous glossy, ovate leaflets. In spring and early summer it produces a profusion of fragrant, pale lilac, star-shaped flowers in loose, arching clusters; these are followed by ovoid, yellow fruit to 1cm long. It is, however, unlikey to flower or fruit when grown as a conservatory specimen
Position
Soil Types
Max Height
1.5-2.5 metres
Max Spread
1-1.5 metres