Some people love them. Some people hate them. To some they represent the pleasant memories of childhood. To others they are nothing more than a trash tree to be destroyed at all costs. However you … ...

Chinaberry trees (Melia azedarach) have a lot going for them. They imbue the landscape with a chocolaty fragrance, illuminate spring-summers with lilac flowers, and animate wintry landscapes with ...

Only years later, when it was a large tree and bloomed, they found out they had a chinaberry tree (Melia azedarach). Chinaberry trees are also invasive and are poisonous to pets, livestock and people.

As to the tree in question, you have noticed the ubiquitous chinaberry (Melia azadarach ME-li-a a-ZED-a-rak), a native of India, Pakistan and western China that made its way to the United States ...

KISSIMMEE — The bright yellow berries gleaming in the Florida sun captivated Henry Elrod II.The berries adorned trees at the Star Island Resort, where in April 1999 Elrod brought his family for ...

When my family moved to Florida in the early '50s, the property purchased by my parents included strange and wonderful things like pecan trees, crape myrtles, a chinaberry tree (oh, no!), and figs.

Chinaberry goes by a variety of names. Among them is Persian lilac and Pride of India. Its real name is Melia azedarach. It is one of the most tongue-twisting names I know of.

Under the chinaberry tree, my grandfather would talk about customers he’d had that week or day in his blacksmith shop. He’d tell of a plow he’d repaired or how many handsaws he’d sharpened.

Seldom has a transplant been as happy as the chinaberry tree. ... More Florida faculty still looking to leave the state, survey shows Sept. 18, 2024 • Archive.

The Chinaberry, Melia azedarach, has had a relatively long history in the American South, and it has accrued a bit of folklore going along with it. This tree is native to southwestern Asia ...

You are reading the first of what will be a regular Sunday column featuring historic vignettes from Winter Haven's history. A similar series was published by the News Chief in the late 1990s.