tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree

[ Syn: chinaberry , chinaberry tree , china tree , persian lilac , pride-of-india , azederach , azedarach , melia azederach , melia azedarach ]

native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers

[ Syn: queens crape myrtle , pride-of-india , lagerstroemia speciosa ]