Jussieu, A.H.L. de in Ferussac, A.E.J.P.F.d'A. de (ed.) (November 1830), Memoire sur le groupe des Meliacees. Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Geologie 23: 236 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Azadiracta indica A.Juss.

Jussieu, A.H.L. de (1832), Memoire sur la groupe des Meliacees. Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 19: 220-221 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Botanical report on the north-Australian expedition under the command of A.C. Gregory Esq. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 2: 141 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 84 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Meliaceae. Flora of Australia 26: 10 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Persian name, azadiraxt, for the species A. indica."

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