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==Uses==
{{Uses|antioxidativeAntioxidative, analgesicAnalgesic}}, {{Uses|antiAnti-Inflammatory, insecticidalInsecticidal}},{{Uses|rodenticidalRodenticidal, antidiarrhoealAntidiarrhoeal}},{{Uses|deobstruentDeobstruent, diureticDiuretic}},{{Uses|antidiabeticAntidiabetic, catharticCathartic}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|leavesLeaves}}.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Kadu Bevu|ml=Kalathi,Kadali,Athirani,Thodukkara,KalampottiMalaveppu|sa=Ramyaka, Dreka|ta=Malaivembu, Mallay Vembu, Puvempu, Malaivembu|te=Turakavepa, Taraka Vepa|hi=Bakain, Drek, Deikna, Bakarja, Malla Nim|en=Malabar MelastomePersian Lilac, Chinaberry, Bead Tree, Bastard Cedar, Indian-rhododendron/Barbados/Cape Lilac, Bakain, Drek, Deikna}}
==Properties==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|The leaves are light up to 50 cm long, alternate, long-petioled, two or three times compound (odd-pinnate) the leaflets are dark green above and feathery lighter green below, with a bipinnate patternserrate margins.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|Small|Pale purple|5|Growing in clusters. sepals 5-lobed, 1 cm long; petals 5-lobed, 0.9 cm long, pubescent; staminal tube deep purple-blue, 0.5 cm long, 1 inchcm across.}}===Fruit==={{Fruit|Light blueSimple Fruit|5|Flowers Season The fruit is June a drupe, marble- Augustsized, hanging on the tree all winter, and gradually becoming wrinkled and almost white.|Light yellow at maturity|}}
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2012/258434/ Chemical constituents]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversitywww.orgbimbima.com/ayurveda/speciesmedicinal-use-of-bakayan-tree-or-chinaberry/show1209/246672 Plant description]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Melia_azedarach_(PROSEA) Cultivation"]</ref>
==External Links==
* [https://indiabiodiversityen.wikipedia.org/species/showwiki/246672 Melastoma malabathricumMelia_azedarach Melia azedarach]
[[Category:Herbs]]
