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Melia azedarach

Linnaeus
Tracheophyta » Sapindales » Meliaceae » Melia azedarach
Common name (English)
Chinaberry
Common name (Greek)
Μαυρομμάτα
Ηabitat
B1 Coastal Sand
I2 Parks
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X10 Mixed landscapes
X11 Large parks
Global distribution

India (widespread), Pakistan (I), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), Bangladesh, Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Chin, Kachin, Magway, Sagaing, Shan, Yangon, Mon, Taninthayi), India, Andaman Isl., Nicobar Isl., Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, China (Anhui, Fujian, S-Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, S-Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, S-Shaanxi, Shandong, S-Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, SE-Tibet, Sumatra, Java, Philippines (Luzon, Negros, Mindanao), Lesser Sunda Isl. (Flores, Timor, Wetar), New Guinea, Australia (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia (I), Victoria (I), Queensland, New South Wales), Christmas Isl. (Austr.), Solomon Isl., France (I), Malta (I), Sicily (I), Italy (I), former Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Montenegro (I), Crete (I), Spain (I), Portugal (I), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), Hierro (I), La Palma (I)), Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Santo Antao Isl. (I), Sao Vicente Isl. (I), Ilha de Sao Nicolau (I), Sal Isl. (I), Ilha da Boa Vista (I), Ilha de Sao Tiago (I), Fogo Isl. (I)), Morocco (c), Algeria (c), Tunisia (c), Libya (c), Anatolia (I), Israel / Jordania (I), Cyprus (I), European Russia (I), Transcaucasus (I), Turkmenistan (I), Uzbekistan (I), Iran (I), Afghanistan (I), Rhodos (I), Japan (I), Korea (I), South Africa (I) (widespread), Lesotho (I), Swaziland (I), Namibia (I), Angola (I), Seychelles (I), Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo) (I), Principe Isl. (I), Sao Tome (I), Madagascar (I), Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo) (I), Sudan (I), Cameroon (I), Togo (I), Benin (I), Guinea (I), Burkina Faso (I), Central African Republic (I), Mozambique (I), Zambia (I), Zimbabwe (I), Botswana (I), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), New Caledonia (I), Fiji (I), Norfolk Isl. (I), Pitcairn Isl. (I), Gambier Isl. (I) (Mangareva (I)), Austral Isl. (I) (Rurutu (I)), Bonin Isl. (Chichijima, Nakohdojima, Anijima, Otohtojima, Hahajima, Mukohjima, Imohtojima), Volcano Isl. (Kita-Iwojima, Iwojima, Minami-Iwojima), Cook Isl. (I) (Rarotonga (I)), Marquesas Isl. (I), Marshall Isl. (I) (Jaluit (I)), Micronesia (I) (Yap (I), Ulithi (I), Truk (I), Pohnpei (I)), Nauru (I), Niue (I), Palau Isl. (I), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I), Raiatea (I), Tahaa (I)), Southern Marianas (I) (Saipan (I), Guam (I)), Tonga (I) ('Eua (I), Vava'u (I)), Hawaii (I) (Niihau (I), Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Molokai (I), Lanai (I), Maui (I), Hawaii Isl. (I)), Rotuma Isl. (I), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arkansas (I), Arizona (I), California (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Louisiana (I), Missouri (I), Mississippi (I), North Carolina (I), New Mexico (I), New York (I), Oklahoma (I), South Carolina (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Utah (I), Virginia (I)), Costa Rica (I), Galapagos Isl. (I), Jamaica (I), Cayman Isl. (I), Lesser Antilles (I) (St. Martin (I), St. Barts (I), Barbuda (I), Antigua (I), Saba (I), St. Eustatius (I), St. Kitts (I), Montserrat (I), Guadeloupe (I), Dominica (I), Martinique (I), St. Lucia (I), St. Vincent (I), Barbados (I)), Peru (I), Brazil (I), Colombia (I), Nicaragua (I), Bahamas (I), Turks & Caicos Isl. (I), Belize (I), Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Puerto Rico (I), Venezuela (I), Mexico (I), Guianas (I), Argentina (I), Uruguay (I), Bolivia (I), Paraguay (I), Ecuador (I), Trinidad & Tobago (I) 133586 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive. Cultivated as a street tree.

Adventive to Cyprus, occuring laong streets, filed margins, not far from inhabited areas (Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year
1878
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hadjikyriakou G (2009) Contribution to the study of the flora of Cyprus 12 [Συμβολή στη μελέτη της χλωρίδας της Κύπρου 12]. Dasoponos 38: 7-10.

Lučan R, Bartonička T, Čížek M, Jedlička P, Řeřucha Š, Šálek M,  Nicolaou H, Horáček I (2010) Spatial activity and diet of Rousettus aegyptiacus in Cyprus: Does conservation of the only European fruit bat depend on supporting alien plants? In: 15th International Bat Research Conference.

Lučan RK, Bartonička T, Jedlička P, Řeřucha Š, Šálek M, Čížek M, Nicolaou H, Horáček I (2016) Spatial activity and feeding ecology of the endangered northern population of the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). Journal of Mammalogy 97(3): 815-822. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26373102

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Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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