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1. Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
   - chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach
    
2. Native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers
   - Queen's crape myrtle, Lagerstroemia speciosa

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree, tree

Part of: genus Lagerstroemia, genus Melia, Lagerstroemia, Melia

Encyclopedia: Pride-of-India