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 rituals and trials to discover the transfiguring power of love." This parallel was intended by the composer as the opera was commissioned to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth. It premiered on 14 November 2006 in the MuseumsQuartier Halle E in Vienna with Eric Owens as the narrator, Russell Thomas as the prince, Jessica Rivera as Kumudha, Orquesta Joven Camerata de Venezuela and the Schola Cantorum de Venezuela all under the direction of John Adams in a production of Peter Sellars co-commissioned by New Crowned Hope. In February 2015, James Darrah directed a new production of "A Flowering Tree"