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Neem tree farm from south India A large tree Leaves Bark Neem seeds. Margosa leaves are dried in India and placed in cupboards to prevent insects from eating clothes, and in containers in which rice and wheat are stored. [20] The flowers are also used in many Indian festivals like Ugadi. See below: #Association with Hindu festivals in India.
Azadirachta is a genus of two species of trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae. [2] Numerous species have been proposed for the genus but only two are currently recognized, Azadirachta excelsa and the economically important tree Azadirachta indica, the neem tree, from which neem oil is extracted.
Neem gum is a natural extracted from Neem tree by induced or natural injury. Neem gum is clear, bright and amber-coloured material [ 1 ] non-bitter in taste and is soluble in cold water. It is used as a bulking agent and for the preparation of special purpose food (those for diabetics).
Neem oil, also known as margosa oil, is a vegetable oil pressed from the fruits and seeds of the neem (Azadirachta indica), a tree which is indigenous to the Indian subcontinent and has been introduced to many other areas in the tropics.
This molecule can also be found in neem oil at 0.12%. [3] Among the metabolites present in neem, nimbin is the least present chemical compound. [15] Nimbin biosynthesis is not influenced by environmental conditions [17] (temperature, rainfall, humidity…) because neem trees from the same agro-climatic zone can have very different nimbin ...
The plant is also sometimes called sweet neem, though M. koenigii is in a different family from neem, Azadirachta indica, which is in the related family Meliaceae. Its leaves, known as curry leaves , also referred to as sweet neem , are used in many dishes in the Indian subcontinent .
Neem cake organic manure is the by-product obtained in the process of cold pressing of neem tree fruits and kernels, and the solvent extraction process for neem oil cake. It is a potential source of organic manure under the Bureau of Indian Standards, Specification No. 8558. Neem has demonstrated considerable potential as a fertilizer.
Many more compounds, related to azadirachtin, are present in the seeds as well as in the leaves and the bark of the neem tree which also show strong biological activities among various pest insects [4] [5] Effects of these preparations on beneficial arthropods are generally considered to be minimal [citation needed]. Some laboratory and field ...