Editing Azadirachta indica (section)

==Description==
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Margosa is a fast-growing [[tree]] that can reach a height of {{convert|15|–|20|m|ft}}, and rarely {{convert|35|–|40|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It is [[evergreen]], shedding many of its leaves during the dry winter months. The branches are wide and spreading. The fairly dense crown is roundish and may reach a diameter of {{convert|20|–|25|m|ft|abbr=on}}. The opposite, [[pinnate]] leaves are {{convert|20|-|40|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, with 20 to 30 medium to dark green leaflets about {{convert|3|–|8|cm|in|frac=4|abbr=on}} long.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neem {{!}} Azadirachta indica |url=https://pfaf.org/plants/neem-azadirachta-indica/ |access-date=25 October 2023 |website=Plants For A Future|date=8 January 2018 }}</ref> The terminal leaflet often is missing. The [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]]s are short.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Factsheet - Azadirachta indica (Neem) |url=https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/eafrinet/weeds/key/weeds/Media/Html/Azadirachta_indica_(Neem).htm |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=keys.lucidcentral.org}}</ref>

White and fragrant [[flower]]s are arranged in more-or-less drooping [[Axillary bud|axillary]] [[panicle]]s which are up to {{convert|25|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long. The [[inflorescence]]s, which branch up to the third degree, bear from 250 to 300 flowers. An individual flower is {{convert|5|–|6|mm|in|frac=16|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|8|–|11|mm|in|frac=16|abbr=on}} wide. [[Protantrism|Protandrous]], bisexual flowers and male flowers exist on the same individual tree.

The [[fruit]] is a smooth ([[Glossary of botanical terms#glabrous|glabrous]]), olive-like [[drupe]] which varies in shape from elongate oval to nearly roundish, and when ripe is {{convert|14|-|28|mm|in|frac=8|abbr=on}} by {{convert|10|-|15|mm|in|frac=8|abbr=on}}. The fruit skin (exocarp) is thin and the bitter-sweet pulp (mesocarp) is yellowish-white and very fibrous. The mesocarp is {{convert|3|-|5|mm|in|frac=8|abbr=on}} thick. The white, hard inner shell (endocarp) of the fruit encloses one, rarely two, or three, elongated [[seed]]s (kernels) having a brown seed coat.
[[File:Azadirachta-indica-2019-5-3 14-14-55-01.jpg|thumb|Pollen grains]]
The margosa tree<ref>{{Cite web |last=saikia |first=Curtingle |date=2023-01-02 |title=How to Use Neem- Uses and benefits - prakasti.com |url=https://prakasti.com/how-to-use-neem-uses-and-benefits/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Prakasti |language=en-US}}</ref> is similar in appearance to its relative, the chinaberry or bakain, ''[[Melia azedarach]]'',<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234651/ |title = The Tree|publisher = National Academies Press (US)|year = 1992}}</ref> with which it may be confused. ''Melia azedarach'' also has toothed leaflets and similar looking fruit. One difference is that margosa leaves are [[Pinnation|pinnate]] but chinaberry leaves are [[Pinnation#Iteration of divisions|twice- and thrice-pinnate]].