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
Prunus padus and spring display of fragrant, white flowers. The common name Mayday tree is not related to the distress signal mayday as the name for the tree was in use prior to the adoption of mayday as an international distress signal. A taboo on the use of the wood was reported by natives of Advie, in northeast Scotland, being regarded as a "witches tree". Prunus padus Prunus padus, known as bird cherry, hackberry, hagberry, or Mayday tree, is a flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. It is a species of cherry, a deciduous small tree or large shrub up to