chinaberry


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Related to chinaberry: Melia azedarach
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Synonyms for chinaberry

evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans

tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits

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Camp Mabry's tracts of chinaberry, tree of heaven, and Japanese ligustrum create relatively large areas of unsuitable habitat for native herpetofauna (Reinecke et al.
crassifolia), pecan (Carya illinoensis), chinaberry (Melia azedarach), hackberry (Celtis sp.), eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides), boxelder (Acer negundo), sycamore (Platanus occidentalis), privet (Ligustrum sp.), elderberry (Sambucus canadensis), rough-leaf dogwood (Cornus drummondii), Mexican buckeye (Ungnadia speciosa), red buckeye (Aesculus pavia), anacua (Ehretia anacua), bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa), white and red mulberry (Morus alba, M.
Beneath my perch in the chinaberry tree in our backyard was the chopping block where chickens lost their heads on Saturday evenings.
To stud at 4 years and dam of: Primrose Path (1993 f by Shaadi; placed), Chinaberry (1994 f by Soviet Star; placed), Cerisette (1995 f by Polar Falcon; winner), Crimson Glory (1996 f by Lycius; winner), Crimplene (1997 f by Lion Cavern; dual Classic winner), unnamed (1998 f by Lycius; with C Brittain).
A tall chinaberry tree showers fragrance and purple blooms in the spring.
An eleven-year-old orphan, Collin Fenwick, goes to live with his two elderly aunts, Dolly and Verena Talbo; Dolly, shy, tender, and imaginative, is the complete antithesis of the grasping, shrewd Verena, who finally drives Dolly, in company with Collin and Catherine, the black cook, to take refuge in a treehouse in a chinaberry tree.
Acacia, Chinaberry, citrus, coral tree, desert willow, eucalyptus, silk tree, tulip tree.
He noted that had chinaberry trees (a host of whitefly) not been present in the area, whitefly populations would have been more greatly reduced by the freeze.
During reconnaissance of the preserve, small populations of Melia azedarach (Chinaberry) and Tamarix aphylla (athel tamarisk) were noted in the Washington fan palm nursery and on the banks of the Rio Grande, respectively.
Comanche Lookout Park hosts combinations of ashe juniper, Texas and Mexican buckeye, as well as chinaberry, graneno, Lindheimer hackberry, honey mesquite, huisache, and more.
Brittain was also on the mark as Chinaberry, partnered by apprentice Dean Mernagh, got him on the scoresheet for the first time this year in the mile fillies' handicap.