Melia azedarach a different genus. Common names of "Melia azedarach" include chinaberry, chinaberry tree, Persian lilac (ambiguous), this name is also used for a lilac hybrid, Syringa × persica. other names include Texas umbrella, umbrella tree, umbrella cedar, white cedar, bead-tree, Cape lilac, Ceylon cedar, Ceylon mahogany, syringa, syringa berry tree. Names in other languages include Kavadya Nimb or Bakan (Marathi) "malai vembu" (), "bakain" (Hindi), "seringboom" (Afrikaans), "zanzalakht" (), "dharek" or "dhraik" (), and "turaka vepa" (Telugu). "Ghora" ("horse") "neem" (), "hebbevu" in Kannada, "Tora Shandai" in Pashto, "vilayati" ("foreign") "neem" in Bundelkhand, and "bkain" in Haryana, Rajasthan, East Uttar Pradesh
A Flowering Tree for Opera Omaha conducted by Christopher Rountree. Kumudha, a beautiful young woman who comes from an impoverished family, is worried about her old and suffering mother. Kumudha discovers that she has the magical ability to transform herself into a flowering tree. With the help of her sisters, Kumudha turns herself into a tree with the intent that her sisters gather and sell the flowers from her branches. Her sisters gather the flowers off the tree and Kumudha returns to her human form. They sell the flowers in the local marketplace and return to their mother who receives the money with