Azadirachta indica

Agro-ecological Zone
Lowlands to Midlands
Growth rate Management practices Invasiveness Leafing Phenology Location
Fast Lopping, pollarding No unknown Uganda
Country Rainfall Temperature Altitude Soil
Uganda 400-1200 Up to 40 0-1500 It grows on a wide variety of neutral to alkaline soils but performs better than most species on shallow, stony, sandy soils, or in places where there is a hard calcareous or clay pan not far below the surface. It grows best on soils with a pH of 6.2-7
Lugishu
Neem
Family Products Niche AFD Taxon AFD Link Useful Tropical Plant Taxon Useful Tropical Plant Link Ecological Services Prota Link
Meliaceae Firewood, Timmber for furniture, Household tools, Medicine Scatterd in homestead, Homestead boundary/live fence Azadirachta indica Ornamental, Shade, Wind break