Abstract
Neem, Azadirachta indica (A. Juss.), is a member of the Meliaceae which is believed to have emerged from the Indian sub-continent and Myanmar (Kundu and Tigersted 1997). These authors describe the introduction of this evergreen tree to different parts of the world, mainly in the drier tropical and sub-tropical zones of Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia and the South Pacific Islands. Nowadays, neem introductions are so old and widely spread that knowledge of its original distribution has become uncertain (Farooqui et al. 1998).
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Dumet, D., Berjak, P. (2002). Cryopreservation of Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) Seeds. In: Towill, L.E., Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Cryopreservation of Plant Germplasm II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 50. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04674-6_15
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