Checklist: Meliaceae

MELIACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of species, generated from the database, which are known to have been cultivated in Zimbabwe.

To go to the main family page, click on the family name above.

 Melia azedarach

Literature:   
Styles, B.T. & White, F. (1991) Meliaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa   
White, F. & Styles, B.T. (1963) Meliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1)   
 
Names
 
4155.000 CEDRELA P. Browne
Cedrela odorata L.
 
4156.000 TOONA (Endl.) M. Roem.
CEDRELA P. Browne  
Toona ciliata M. Roem.
Cedrela toona Roxb. ex Rottler & Willd.
Toona australis (F. Muell.) Harms
Toona microcarpa (C. DC.) Harms
 
4159.000 KHAYA A. Juss.
Khaya anthotheca (Welw.) C. DC.
Khaya nyasica Stapf ex Baker f.
Khaya grandifoliola C. DC.
 
4164.000 SWIETENIA Jacq.
Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.
Cedrela mahagoni L.
 
4171.000 TURRAEA L.
Turraea floribunda Hochst.
Turraea heterophylla sensu Sond.
Turraea obtusifolia Hochst.
Turraea oblancifolia Bremek.
Turraea obtusifolia Hochst. var. matopensis Baker f.
 
4175.000 MELIA L.
Melia azedarach L.
 
4176.000 AZADIRACHTA A. Juss.
Azadirachta indica A. Juss.
 
4193.000 EKEBERGIA Sparrm.
Ekebergia capensis Sparrm.
Ekebergia meyeri C. Presl ex C.DC
 
4195.000 TRICHILIA P. Browne
Trichilia dregeana Sond.
Trichilia chirindensis Swynn. & Baker f.
Trichilia emetica Vahl
subsp. emetica
Trichilia natalensis Sond.
Trichilia roka Chiov.
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants checklist: Meliaceae.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-cult-checklist.php?family_id=135, retrieved 5 December 2025

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