Melia dubia - Malabar Neem. Malabar Neem is a deciduous trees, up to 20 m high, bark 6-8 mm thick, dark brown, rough, warty, peeling in rectangular, long and broad peels. Young shoots and inflorescence are scurfy velvet-hairy.
Seed specifications:
Common Name : malai vembu
Flowering Season :Jan-Mar
Fruiting Season ; Oct-Jan
No.of Seeds per kg : 300
Germination Capacity :20%
Time Taken for Initial Germination: 15 days
Time Taken for Germination Capacity : 45days
Germinative Energy : 20%
Plant Percentage : 15%
Purity Percentage : 100%
Moisture Percentage : 12%
No. of Seedling Per Kg : 300
Pretreatments recommended:
Soak seeds in cow dung slurry for 24 hrs before sowing