Local Name : Malabar neem (Assamese), Kadukhajun (Hindi)
Scientific Name: Melia dubia Cav.
English Name : Malabar neem
| Bark | Rough and Exfoliating |
| Commercial Value | Medicine and Plywood |
| Final Financial Return | ₹10,000-₹20,000 |
| Final Harvesting Period | 10 Years-20 Years |
| Flower Color | Greenish White |
| Flowering Time | February and March |
| Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Fruiting Time | June, July and August |
| Growth Rate | Fast |
| Leaf Shape | Lanceolate and Ovate |
| Nursery technique | Seeds are put in sacks for the pulp to get rotten for 10-15 days after which raw seeds are sown in mother bed (1:10 inch) or polypot (5:8 inch). The mother bed or medium for polypot is prepared consisting of sand, river silt, vermicompost/cowdung in 1:1:1 proportion in medium compressed method.
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| Plant parts used | Leaves and Wood |
| Planting mechanism | Seedlings of 4 inch with 3-4 leaves can be shifted from motherbed to polypot. Six months to one year old seedlings are ready for planting during rainy season. Spacing 3m x 3m. May be planted as mixed or pure crop. |
| Seed Collection Time | October, February, November, December and January |
| Site Suitability | Avenues and Cachar Hills |
| Tree Character | Deciduous |
