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: A Woman's Tale A Flowering Tree: A Woman's Tale "A Flowering Tree" is a short story written by A. K. Ramanujan in his 1997 book A Flowering Tree and Other Folk Tales From India. In actuality, it is a Kannada folklore told by women which is translated by A. K. Ramanujan to English. The story was collected in several versions in the Karnataka region over the span of twenty years by Ramanujan and his fellow folklorists It is a woman-centered tale and attempts to establish a sisterhood between women and nature. This has been regularly done by many feminist writers. Like most folktales