Azadirachta indica (Neem) is a tree

Tree

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 in the mahogany family Meliaceae

Meliaceae

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. It is one of two species in the genus Azadirachta

Azadirachta

Azadirachta is a genus of two species of trees in the flowering plant family Meliaceae . Numerous species have been described in the genus but only two are currently recognized, A. excelsa Jacobs, and the economically important Neem tree, A. indica A. Juss....

, and is native to India

India

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 growing in tropical and semi-tropical regions. Its fruits and seeds are the source of neem oil

Neem oil

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. Other vernacular names include Vembu (வேம்பு) in (Tamil

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) , Neem نیم (Hindi

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, Nepali

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, Urdu

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), Nim ((Bengali

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)), Nimm (Punjabi

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), Arya Veppu (Malayalam), Azad Dirakht (Persian

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), Nimba (Sanskrit

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, Oriya

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), Limdo (Gujarati language) Kadu-Limba (Marathi

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), Dongoyaro (in some Nigerian languages), Margosa, Neeb (Arabic

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), Nimtree, Vepu (వేపు), Vempu (వెంపు), Vepa (వేప) (Telugu

Telugu language

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), Bevu (Kannada

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),Kodu nimb (Konkani

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), Kohomba (Sinhala), Tamar (Burmese

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), sầu đâu, xoan Ấn Độ (Vietnamese

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), ស្ដៅ (Sdao, Khmer

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), สะเดา (Sadaw, Thai

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), אזדרכת (Hebrew), Paraiso (Spanish

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), and Indian Lilac (English

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).