PERSIAN LILAC {Melia Azedarach} 10 Tree Seeds | Sacred Tree | Fast Growing 85% Germination | Showy Blooms | Free Domestic Ship

Persian Lilac {Melia azedarach} Sacred Tree | Fast Growing 85% Germination | Showy Blooms | Heat & Drought Resist | Medicinal | 10 Seeds Free US Shipping!

A fast-growing tree, with a rounded crown that reaches about 50 ft tall
with a 20 ft spread. In spring and early summer, Chinaberry produces
masses of lavender, very fragrant, star shaped flowers, each about 3/4"
in diameter, that arch or droop in 8" panicles. They are followed by
clusters of spherical, yellow fruits that are about 3/4". Chinaberry is
planted widely in warm climates as an ornamental and shade tree. Grows
well in partial shade to full sun and can tolerate drought. Grows in
USDA zones 7-10 and can handle light frost.

Seed - it has a short viability and is best sown as soon as it is ripe.
The seedcoat is hard and acts as a barrier to the uptake of moisture
carefully making a nick in this seedcoat, being careful not to damage
the seed, can speed up the germination process. The seed usually germinates
well, 85% germination may be expected in 2 months. When they are large
enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow
them on until large enough to plant out. Root cuttings.


The shiny, hard seeds are used as beads and for rosaries. Extracts from
the bark and fruit have pharmacological properties and are used in China
to kill parasitic roundworms.

GERMINATION RECOMMENDATIONS

GERMINATION 85%

These seeds may need a further period of stratification to break their
dormancy. Soak for 24 hours then place them in a sealed freezer bag in
the fridge keeping them moist for a week or two. The seeds can then be
sown and should germinate normally in a safe, bright, cold place outdoors,
but can take up to 6 months or even longer so do not discard the seed pot.
Alternatively sow the seed in a moist seed tray and leave outside over the
winter to allow for natural stratification to occur.

Melia azederach is a fast-growing, deciduous tree that can reach a height of
around 45 meters in closed, moist forests, though it is much smaller in the
cooler and drier regions in which it is sometimes grown and where is much
more likely to be just 10 - 15 meters tall. The straight, cylindrical bole
can be free of branches for up to 20 meters, with no buttresses. The tree is
generally deciduous, but some forms in the humid tropics are evergreen.

A very important tree for local people, providing a wide range of medicinal
applications; an insecticide and repellent; a useful timber and many other
commodities. It is often cultivated in many parts of the tropics for these
many useful qualities It is planted for re-reforestation in its native areas,
where it is a fast growing though short-lived species. It is often planted as
a street tree and ornamental.

Melia azadarach is a tree of the subtropical climatic zone, though it is a
highly adaptable plant that can tolerate a wide range of conditions from warm
temperate with some frost, right through to the humid tropics. It is grown at
elevations up to 1,800 meters in the tropics. It can tolerate a mean maximum
temperature in the hottest month of 39°c, with temperatures sometimes falling
below freezing for short periods in the cool season. In general, trees will be
killed by temperatures falling lower than about -5°c. It can succeed with an
annual rainfall as low as 600mm, competing best in areas that receive less than
900mm. Prefers a well-drained soil in a sunny or partially shaded position.
Succeeds in most well-drained soils and in hot dry conditions.
Likes sandy soils. Tolerant of quite poor growing conditions, including shallow
soils, saline and strongly alkaline soils, poor, marginal, sloping, and stony
land, even in crevices in sheer rock. It does not like very acid soils. Grows well
in mild coastal areas. Established plants are very drought tolerant.

Trees can commence flowering when only 5 - 6 years old from seed. In the warmer,
non-seasonal areas it can flower and fruit all year round.

Trees are fast-growing, but can be quite short-lived, often dying by the time
they are 20 years old.

The flowers are produced on the current years wood and have a delicate sweet perfume

The trees do not normally require pruning

The seeds have a strong scent of musk and the wood is also musk-scented

Trees are very susceptible to forest fire, though they sprout back readily from the roots

Plants do not coppice well from large stumps, but excellent coppice is obtained from trees
up to a girth of 0.9 m. The tree resprouts after cutting and regrows after pollarding,
making it suitable for pole production.

Plants in this genus are notably resistant to honey fungus.